Good Friday MMII

Then it happened

The three complicated strokes

Easily the most feted of all decisions

I had led her most of the way unaided

But when faltering it is best to rely upon the most auspicious atrocities

When she uncovered me, the dice lied

I had never undertaken the obvious

And only then, when pushed

Would I click and whorl

& whirl

The dead, unfortunately, are more eloquent than I

Death, it seems, will often sink to that depth

Entertaining with a tug of visceral contempt

You can grieve

You also

                Can die.

Jam

© James Cross