THE CHRISTIAN COMES TO VISIT Poem by Nachoem M. Wijnberg

My grandfather is in his garden when the Christian comes to visit.
He can see how well his neighbours who believe in Jesus Christ are doing.
My grandfather says that he is doing well too.
That's an advance payment, the Christian says, because Jesus Christ assumes that later a man like my grandfather will start believing in him.
If he believed in Jesus Christ he would do better than his neighbours, because he is a better man and works harder.
He is sure of it, the Christian says, and could my grandfather possibly cut down the biggest tree in his garden, as an advance payment.
My grandfather asks why, he doesn't believe in the tree, or do his neighbours think he does.
The Christian says that the neighbours don't think that my grandfather believes in the tree, but that the tree still helps him.
They are stupid people, the Christian says, if Jesus Christ didn't take pity on them they would be on the street and starving.