Loose lips sink kisses
drunk on Communion wine
love’s drowned by desire
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Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man.” (Mark 14:44)
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Giotto di Bondone, Kiss of Judas [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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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