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Empirical

(about Judas)

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And what does it mean

Thirty pieces?

Not forty

Or twelve

A different sort of bargain

And a bargaining

For life

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If he was a zealot

Then perhaps

The money didn’t matter

He wanted him to act

To wreck the Romans

Maybe the Sanhedrin, too

And bring

The final age

Crashing into the world

Let Solomon return

And David

Deborah

And Gideon

A greater king than these

Embodiments

A greater prophet

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And let Messiah rule

Certainly

It’s him

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Or else

The money was just money

And nothing just

About it

A small fortune

For the cause

Or for himself

Catharsis

And investment

Because we’d had enough

Of this kind

Of leadership

Through love

And loving invitation

Harsh words

The cleansing of the temple

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Not nearly enough

For the emperor

Of a new age

And all of us

Consuls, advisors

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Take the money

Recompense

Look for a moment

To secure

What happens next

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According to our will

According to my will

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And was he put down?

What made him act this way?

Hurt?

Envy?

Unbelief?

Or maybe

He was the sharpest of them all

And knew the money was a catalyst

That at the moment

When we’re followers

And friends

He’d change everything

The guards of the Sanhedrin

The Roman soldiers

The region

The empire at last

And set a new one

That the prophets saw

But wouldn’t time

So we have to do it

Make the time

Make it when we say

Make it now

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Now everything will change

Now finally we’ll have

What we want

Power

And justice

The way we want

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Revolution

Recompense

We’ve only been fooling ourselves

Or waiting for a start

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Well, here it is

We’re calling it

I’m calling it

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C L Couch

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