Christ Carrying the Cross
Two crosses on the hill await a third.
A crowd stands in a circle as other townsfolk
swarm slowly up the hill to join them. Where's Christ?
They frolic, gossip, rear the horses, laugh.
Even the soldiers celebrate. They sport
red jackets as they keep some order here.
Not too much. It's an execution, after all.
Where's Christ? There are the thieves. In a horse cart,
one prays, one stares into the sky and howls.
Where's Christ? There's a small town,
there's a crag with a black windmill, rickety, on top.
And there's Christ, hard to see, right in the center.
He's fallen beneath his huge cross. Can he rise?
The revelers kick and taunt him. At church we sing,
Where were you when they crucified my Lord?
A crow perched on a torture-wheel looks off
into the distance. Christ staggers, falls, stays down.
Eternity's a long walk, Lord. Get up!
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