John 12.1-8
Jealous of her authority
bruised by her loss
the Ugly Sister sat
unnoticed
through Martha’s
busying and bustling
and Lazarus’s
grave jokes
about keeping
dead quiet
until
Mary’s entombment
perfume filled the air
and Judas spoke,
when
the Ugly Sister rejoiced:
The hour is coming soon
when I will nail him.
NOTE
This continues the “Ugly Sister” theme (as introduced in “The Order of Things”).
31 March 2010
© the Revd James M McPherson
Maryborough Qld