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Tortuous Atonement

from hymns to swear by by Pádraig Ó Tuama

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Written in fury in Beirut, Good Friday 2008.
Included in 'Readings from the Book of Exile' (Canterbury Press, 2013)

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Do you like the smell of tortured Jesus
burning the snow?
Do you like how his veins were pulsing
underneath his ripped skin’s glow?
Do you salivate and lick your lips
swallowing your spit
imagining the sweet meat taste
from the barbeqing pit?
Do you drink the drink and talk the talk
inviting all your friends?
To bask in resurrection scents
and eat the flesh of all amends.

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from hymns to swear by, released March 17, 2010

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