Thursday, April 14, 2022

A Passover Poem

 Psalm 118:24, Matthew 26:26-30


Carefully braided candlelight
shadows dusty men
licking breadcrumbs from their fingers
Clueless but celebrating

Four sparkling cups of wine
– To history, legacy, promise, future –

Communion of companions:
  Twelve travelers dreaming
– of money, honor, power, redemption –
Crowning the Chosen One

He who now breaks bread
reciting lines written for him by ancestors
Courageous in his contradiction
Hear him sing: “This is the day –
let us rejoice and be glad in it.”




Maundy Thursday, 2015


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