Unemployed at Christmas

Joseph the carpenter

Did not build his baby’s bed///

Shepherds left their field

And their flock

No longer shepherding

But chasing the angels’ call instead///

Magi followed a star

Not their career goals

Giving gifts instead of dispensing wisdom///

Each of them unemployed

at Christmas///

God-defined

Not job-defined

Each finds Jesus

While the king and the Bible scholars

Work their jobs

Fully employed and fully missing out

On the Babe who changed everything///