tenebrous
the devil wins
today
having turned the human forces
in the world
toward
death
humiliation of what’s good
even perfect
that traditions
say
came to save us from
ongoing
serpent
temptation
the twisting of what has been made
so good
bad
grotesque
the evil these point
toward has
won
without awareness
then
of three-day’s waiting time
the good is gone
or
must hide
surrender to new nothingness
of faith
and hope
and
love
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for Good (ironic) Friday
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After the Day Before
(Holy Saturday 2024)
It must have been terrible
For those in sadness
And in terror
Who forgot
Or forsook
The prophecies were shared with them
The new ways to live
That scandalized
Now turned into fodder
For new charges
And arrests
It must have seemed
That everything was over
One and done
And extraordinary
Story
Abruptly ended
Like a battle
In blood and
Death
And loss or victory
While hades had the victory
And underneath
The devil had to laugh
While all they could
Do
Was peel in hiding heat
Freeze the blood from moving
Every hope
Removed
Left on that trash heap
For a hill
Three deaths
The day before
And now
Did anyone count
Toward
After
Or maybe there was only dust
Thrown on the synapse
Of the mind
Heavy stones upon
Like confession
The heart
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(x = space)
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Seeking Sin Eaters
(Genesis 3:8, Revelation 15:16)
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We say to the sun
Or moon or stars
Or hills or valleys or any part
Of Earth that might
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To cover us,
To hide us from
The wrath of God
Or of people
Or of other consequences
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To take our names,
Apply them to another
Quantity,
To stick our names to a board
Inside another
Neighborhood, a sign
That says
We are there
(don’t come looking for us
here)
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We hide
We want to hide
From judgment
Real or imagined
In this, imagined
Is real,
Is enough
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(also Hosea 10:8, Luke 23:30, and Habakkuk 2:14)
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