Words, fists fly up like so many
black-beaked crows beating about his head,
befouling and besmirching and pecking his eyes;
Tut-tutting, clicking our tongues at the mess –
“so distasteful” – we snap on our latex gloves
to show how the civilized execute their own.
About Rosalind C Hughes
Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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