Inversions

In Christendom, I'm at a loss

To find a symbol more iconic

Than our Holy Christian Cross.

    Invert it, though, and it's demonic.

The swastika in Hindustan

Is thought an image most auspicious,

Dear alike to gods and man.

    It's mirror-image, though, is vicious.

In Jewry, too, there is a sign

For everything on which we frown,

For all that's wicked and malign:

    The Star of David upside down.