Burnt Offering

At that first sacrifice
Cain committed a gross error
He should have anticipated
That the God of the Old Testament
Would prefer one of blood and fat

Or maybe it was God’s mistake
That he didn’t know how to accept it
Perhaps if Cain would have rolled it up
In a leaf of papyrus, say
Or even struck the match and taken
The first pull before offering it
Then things could have turned out differently

Time it was when Cain and I
Made copious sacrifices
Of marijuana
To our highness

By day a cloud of smoke
At night a pillar of fire
No wonder those crazy Israelites
Followed us across the desert