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Stations of the Cross - A Sonnet Sequence for Easter

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delivered by priests explaining anomalies

of interpretation as raised by the signer,

in great Cathedrals alive with fugues during Lent,

Then we begin to comprehend just what it means

to be nailed to the cross as a king by Empire,

and to suffer for the sins of Man and for men

who will, from what I have seen, forget his mission

soon after in grog halls and loin shops of desire.

But, I could be wrong. Instead, let's sing glad paeans.

If Jesus was not the Messiah then just roar

for two thousand years of mass illusion -- and more.

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XII. JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS

It is finished. He will be coming back, but, still,

he makes a good point, had a good run. It's finished.

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