But to die forsaken and feeling diminished
for all he knew, must have had him heart-sick and ill.
He says, finished, but really he wasn't quite yet.
There was still the fire walk through Hell, and Ascension,
Mystery of Faith, Holy Grail, not to mention,
the Eucharist and the introjection of debt.
I've known Hell the way Sartre meant it -- Hell's people.
And I have been dead and brought back to life and light.
I've parsed the human condition seeking insight.
Spied the monster molecule hate-anger-evil.
I can't say that I've found the core of human meaning.
I've known Christ's love, but have seen, too, monsters preening.
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XIII. THE BODY OF JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS
Joseph of Arimathea took down Jesus
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