Joseph

I never did like the little bastard.
He was all mouth
and had no respect for his elders,

to me made clear
I was not really his father.
Oh yes, he said
he was got on his mother by God.
By God, by God!

He was not as naïve as he seemed.
For a while he fed
the crowds who followed all over.
It did not last long,
especially with his arrest.

After that, the few
who were willing to give me a job
did so from pity.

Still, in truth, I can't say he lied.
It wasn't to me he cried
just before he died.