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Friday, March 8, 2019

broken and shared on the mountain


from john 6

Broken and shared on the mountain,
the boy’s bread and fish did not end
till all who were foll’wing feasted.
a boy’s 5 loaves and 3 fishes.

Hungry and thirsty they listened,
Broken and shared on the mountain
was bread unexpectedly giv’n,
words unexpectedly bitter.

Manna supplied in the desert
like Jesus supplying their need.
Broken and shared on the mountain
-they could not face this allusion.

Many then fled from the spectre
of Joseph’s son somehow their food.
Finally even the 12 left him
broken and shared on the mountain.

(from Wednesday)
quaterns:
4 verses, 4 lines, each line 8 beats 
the first line slips down a line each verse till it is the last line in the final verse 
no rhyme schemes


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