Kyle, I think the poem actually flows very well, but you need to read it several times and get the meaning, ( which is ambiguious) clear then the meter is OK, even quite clever.
Catherine, while I think you can give the poem a religious spin, the obvious meaning of the poem contradicts it in too many ways, especially the image of scratching the N's skin in self-defence, the fact that the crib is the N's crib, the strong attacment of crib to Christ's birth not his death, etc.
You can see all murders/deaths as a sacrifice, you could say the same about a T-bone steak (very symbolic).
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