…at the
moment Jesus was coming up out of the water
he saw heaven being torn apart… Mark 1: 10
he saw heaven being torn apart… Mark 1: 10
A jagged gash in the sublunary world
heaven and earth ripped wide
heaven and earth ripped wide
A flood bleeding through the ragged wound
Judean cliffs of ancient stone
crumple and collapse upon
the panicked crowd gathered at the water’s edge
crumple and collapse upon
the panicked crowd gathered at the water’s edge
Great armored locusts
with claws and silver fangs
swarm in the billowing dust
with claws and silver fangs
swarm in the billowing dust
A lion with blood-matted mane
leaps into the sky
and swallows the sun
leaps into the sky
and swallows the sun
There is no light
darkness comes
the final night
darkness comes
the final night
Then
An exhalation
sweeping wings descend
a dove – a voice
sweeping wings descend
a dove – a voice
“You are my son
my only son
my beloved”
my only son
my beloved”
wipes the water from his face
and sees the world
and sees the world
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