Dateline Poem by Joe Rosochacki

To bad Chris Hanson did not make the bust,
The Reverend Joe Barron,
I saw his article on the internet and picture above,
Was minister for married adults,
At Prestonwood Baptist Church
To teach the word of Jesus and love.

This pedophile planned to violate a girl, who was thirteen,
He drove 200 miles, had some rubbers and mini-cam in his car,
He attempted to do things to this thirteen year-old that were obscene,
But in the end, the thirteen year old girl was a cop who stung him on the net.
That was one encounter Joe Barron would not forget,
but regret.

Dateline has featured pedophiles that included a rabbi,
a doctor, and a teacher.
I don’t know about a Baptist minister or preacher.
For every one pedophile there are a thousand that do not violate their brethren.
I for one believe in the thousand not the pedophile,
I hope he gets help along with thirty years in the pen,
Where he can minister to the inmates for a long while.

(5-18-08)