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Nothing Good

(Good Friday)

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Saint Andrew’s cross

Peter’s cross is upside-down

Francis

Who was not crucified

Favored the T, it seems;

He received stigmata

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The shape of history

The record of our story

Told in a symbol

Without words

One who knows no words

Inked or engraved

Still knows the story

Holding close

The symbol

Of enmity

Prevailed,

A death upon the cross,

Then hidden in the ground

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There, that’s done:

Both broken discipleship

And keeping pristine empire

Are served

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Such a cruelty of days

This day

To call it good

Nothing good about it

Really

We were at our worst

Nothing good about it

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C L Couch

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Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash

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