PESEBRE
(i.e. creche en español)
Born in a barn
¡Thank God!
warmed by friends
that will go with him to market
and to slaughter;
angels rubbing flanks
with goats;
cows sharing spots
with heaven's otherwise
white-suited employees–
don't mistake all this
as humility.
It's called nature.
For the divine is nothing
if not down to earth
and animal.