Nobody talks about the ninth day:,
Six for creation, seven for rest,
eight for resurrection, nine
The women needed to market
the men were short of money, time
to mend their nets and bridges
Centurion ordered more
crucifixions, slightly distracted
snappy with his crew
Pilate washed his face
arrested by a new
wrinkle in the mirror
Herod continued mad
Caiaphas conventionally
politic and pious
Mary’s heart enlarged by stress
engorged with grief
enflamed with ecstasy, belief and disbelief
Jesus, within sight of home
wading over water, still
perfectly ambiguous, waits
