I am glad that you have such a knowledge of what he meant... Does he talk to you often? (as opposed to talking to the rest of us...)

You know, I don't have to actually have a conversation with Peter Yarrow to form the opinion that "Puff the Magic Dragon" is about nothing more than a boy and his toy.

Is it a metaphor because you don't want to admit that Jesus was a violent revolutionary?

No, just an integration of all the things He said and His actions. The only violent act in any of his bios was overturning the tables of the money changers at the Temple (though you could call withering the fig tree "violence"). Everywhere else he makes it clear that, at least on the first visit, it's not about changing the world through violence. Even his disciples wanted him to lead a revolution. He kept telling them he was, just not the kind they were expecting.

Gee, and I always pictured him muttering "Bunch of idealistic fools: How do they think we are going to get anywhere without a power base?"

More like that despite all they had seen and heard, they didn't know real power when they saw it.

John 18:36
Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."