Sometime During Eternity by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I found this poem so interesting. In it he sort of satyrs the history of Jesus Christ, referencing to him as the "carpenter". It also makes a satyr of the bible referencing "scrolls of parchments" that will be found at a later time by the dead sea. His followers are almost treated as if they are adoring fans and Jesus is the rockstar. telling him "You're hot" and then they hang him on the tree to cool (the crucifixion). Then he almost mocks the religious practices of Christianity by commenting on how they are always making "models" of him on the tree, as in crucifixes, and how they are always "crooning his name" and asking him to come down, (worship and the belief in the second coming). Reading this I'm sure a lot of Christians would find the poem blasphemous, I found it an interesting way to ponder or question, the dogma attached to Christianity.

I liked how intelligent his references were within the poem (The city Galilee,  Carpenter, 1947, years till the parchments would be found, "Petered" out, and the use of the capitalization in the pronouns used whenever referencing Christ or God ("Him", "His" etc.)). I think there's also a statement made in this poem that really questions the followers of the religion, he claims that none of them really believe it, and he shows how its almost hypocritical that they put him on the tree (cross) but are then forever begging him to come down.

But I question the v views of the poet from the last few lines of the poem, He claims the News says Christ is dead, but then he says if you believe them (yes he shows he doesn't by calling them an unreliable source) I wonder if that means the poet is actually more devout than his poem leads you to believe.