Lawrence,
This one doesn't work as well for me as your ones about Susan, which, naturally
I suppose, seem more deeply felt.
John
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On Feb 7, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:------------------------------------------------------------------
Finding the cache of bones,
Spear-points and skulls,
Seeing the large bones
Split for marrow
Convinced the archaeologists
Of ritual sacrifice
Midway through
The Roman invasion.
Force was of no avail
Against the its Legions.
Blood needed to be
Shed to appease the
Gods; then even so
The Romans won.
Who can say what they
Would have done given the
Coercive sway of priests?
Some would no doubt
Slip away to avoid a
Bloody end as today
Occurs symbolically:
The insistence on religious
Rules, bowing one’s head
To God or God’s priests
And how you bow
And sing and suppose.
Don’t think you’ll slip
Away without a wound.
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