Easter

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(photo by bobosh_t on flickr)

 

The grave, death’s black heart, 
has ruptured.
From its torn aorta
alive blood fountains, channelling eternity
into chalices for us.

A body bounds out (we see it
as certain as the Marys
in bread),
athletic,
sprinting to save us.

 

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