Neanderthal Messiah — 170

Indonesian Islands -C x M

The two foes squared off

South of Angkor Wat’s future site

Like a raging cyclone’s pressure drop or

The black air & burst eardrums of Krakatoa.

The Tsunami of Sapien,

…

The flickering arctic Neanderthal abroad

Versus

The prowess of a stalking, alpine Yeti.

A nine foot+, mature male.

A harem-keeping ridge boss

The Herculean Himalayan Sasquatch cousin

Would be the pinnacle of Homo strength.

Rock throwing articulation

Its open handed strikes devastating.

The Yeti in gleaming pyramidal white

Nearly invisible in snow, was a bleach accident in the tide bursts -

Clothed, Neanderthal made a flowing, erratic attack.

Part wild, part relative.

…

Judea I

[The party came out to see an entire Roman cohort in formation.]

[Proconsul to Iesu, just returned from the Silk Road:]

‘You’re of Egyptian birth, no?

Our census speaks to your kin -

Being a foreigner, fugitive, drifter

Imposter Jew

Like Moses was a Pharaonic prince.’