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pontius pilate

a gathering;

parietal.

upon the hill.

 

where truth beguiled,

and brightened by

the suns of gods;

crucified...

 

somehow

outshone by

the light of our skin.

 

where

the dagger rests,

now sleeping

in the flesh;

the blood of martyrs

was not enough

for the black sky

over Golgotha.

 

oh father,

forgive us

for we know not what

we do.

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Written by
dalton-bauder
American
Published
Sep 12, 2013
Lines·Words
22·58
Notes

"parietal" pəˈrīətəl/ -  is a reference to the bones that create the side and roof of the skull (not fully developed at birth in the human body); Skull being a secondary reference to Golgotha, the location of the crucifixion Jesus Christ.

this poem is a heavily allegorical.

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