For Thomas Becket And Oscar Romero

FOR THOMAS BECKET AND OSCAR ROMERO<br /><br />This floor's stones<br /> drank Becket’s blood<br /> as we sip the blood for Christ.<br />Will they cry out in the wilderness<br /> like Jerusalem’s hosanna streets<br /> or Abel’s fatal fertile field?<br />What shall they cry?<br /> For joy or retribution? Make straight<br /> with voice of grief or voice of glory?<br />And if you wear the miter right<br /> will 4 knights join you at vespers<br /> -- death squad with silent feet?<br />And when they come<br /> will you be waiting<br /> with clear eye and steady hand?<br /><br /> -- lines written at Canterbury Cathedral at the spot of Becket's martyrdom<br /> -- recently downloaded The Violence Of Love -- quotations from Romero

For Thomas Becket And Oscar Romero

FOR THOMAS BECKET AND OSCAR ROMERO This floor's stones drank Becket’s blood as we sip the blood for Christ. Will...

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