It Was Mayhem In Jerusalem Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Howard Cosell, boy, did he miss the find to begin all fights,
You heard of the Thrilla’ in Manila and Rumble in the Jungle,
But have you heard of the Mayhem in Jerusalem?
In the right corner wearing a pink and red robe was they Armenian Monk,
In the left corner wearing black all over was the Greek Orthodox Monk.
Who had the right? The Puerto Rican Sharks or the American Jets,
Christianity had one of its man tests,
Clearly not Jews or Muslims,
The monks would both brawl, they would both trigger a riot, they would incite.
Good there would not be Jerusalems.
The Greeks objected to the march without one of their monks present, fearing that otherwise, the procession would subvert their own claim to the Edicule — the ancient structure built on what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus — and give the Armenians a claim to the site.
The Armenians refused, and when they tried to march the Greek Orthodox monks blocked their way, sparking the brawl.
And that’s not all,
So such a shame, Paul would say, this is not Shaloms; Non Pacems;
it is not peace,
A bearded Armenian monk in a red-and-pink robe and a black-clad Greek Orthodox monk with a bloody gash on his forehead were both taken away in handcuffs after scuffling with dozens of riot police.
Could it be Armageddon? It is impossible to believe that.
Could it be to they the Archangel Michael would shout?
After the brawl, the church was crowded with Israeli riot police holding assault rifles, standing beside Golgotha, where Jesus is believed to have been crucified, and the long smooth stone marking the place where tradition holds his body was laid out.
Paul in the letters to the Corinthians laid it pretty straight,
But these churches did not get it, though it is 2008.
Who won the bout?
Neither monk of many, whether they had been inside the sepulcher or out.
Neither letters to the churches of Paul or David’s Psalms, which were a many song,
It wasn’t a detective story that featured an Adrian Monk,
(Christ’s teachings of love was not admissible here, it had been lost.)
Nor it was free form jazz fusion trio under Thelonius Monk,
(Although the fusion free form, in my understanding is form a musical mayhem or chaos)
This reflected a catastrophe beyond that of belief,
In the famous words the impromptu prophet King David-check that, - Rodney King said,
“People, I just to say, you know, can we all get along? ”
(11-9-08)