Ernst Neuschul, Messias (1919), by Jonathan Taylor

Messiah, by Ernst Neuschul (Germany), 1919.

Ernst Neuschul, Messias (1919)
 
The Messiah will be a psychopath
crucifying you with his stare
 
giving you no choice but to follow
this starving Jew, this emaciated
 
Übermensch, whose rib-cage
is a prophecy. You will follow
 
him along a yellow-brick road
leading deep inside his self-
 
portrait until all that is left
 
of you
 
is I.

Jonathan Taylor

Jonathan Taylor's books include the novels "Melissa" (Salt, 2015) and "Entertaining Strangers" (Salt, 2012), the memoir "Take Me Home" (Granta, 2007), and the poetry collection "Musicolepsy" (Shoestring, 2013). He is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester. His website is www.jonathanptaylor.co.uk."