Worn Labels

The Good Samaritan was termed
because, on course, they all were bad,
he exception to the rule.
Unlike the priest and Levite,
who did not cross the road,
who could not touch contaminants
and also serve the nation’s life,
these paragons of rectitude
kept walking on the right, correct side
for all the people’s health.
Though when the orthodox victim woke,
inn keeper regaled delivery,
the horror might relapse recovery:
his naked flesh had been held by
Samaria’s unclean as leper, dirty lot.
That must have caused confusion,
dilemma in the mind then soul,
for when we meet a human, being,
the worn warn label is poor guide.