Jesus sits and plays with his iPod
Creating playlists for lack of something better to do,
Watching as the people around him hurry through their daily ritual.

Jesus sits on suburban sidewalks
as he checks his email for the third time
in ten minutes, looking, but not really seeing.

Jesus sits with his cell phone
Checking the time as the grandfather clock chimes 2:45
unable to decipher the strange X I symbols that circle the antique face.

Jesus sits in front of the television.
The woman out front ignores the man who almost ran her over
She’s too enraptured in the text message she just received.

Jesus sits in front of the television
as a little girl stares confused at the sink.
She waves her hands around under the faucet
and nothing happens.
She leaves without washing her hands.

Jesus sits by Marc in silence
Texting Luc who is across the room.

Jesus sits with wires in his brain
and a Game Boy in his hands
as blank eyes become riveted, unblinking, enraptured
with the screen as it flickers.