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Good Friday

4/7/2023 No offence meant; just a bit tired

Con/Jur/d

Apr 7, 2023

“have laws prohibiting certain acts such as dancing and horse racing, in remembrance of the somber nature of Good Friday” Wikipedia, 7 April 2023 15:20 UTC
Con/Jur/d, 4/7/2023

Can I wear shorts?
or are these times too somber?
my legs scarred by psoriasis
the doctor seems taken
aback by my lack of
concern, UV

radiation seems to help
although, I have fair-skinned
friends, who even now
struggle with 

consequences

they never ask us
should we use depleted Uranium?
find other uses for petrochemicals
liberal applications to every cell
sprinkled in water, food, air
even salt, in case you 

missed it, yet they still call it  Democracy

Although, despite never having participated
or cast a vote against dancing or horse
racing (to be clear, the racing seems 
a bit cruel and I won’t miss it)

There is an insistence this is true
(Maybe, we can’t write it
due to a lack of sleep)

And it's not the resurrection
objection
               there is precedence
in every avian flirtation
and the other dumb
rushes of spring

leaving us feeling hollow, ungrounded

but this celebration, perpetration
of a cruel history, empathy for the dead

No room left for the living 

it seems a little cold for shorts
maybe, tomorrow.

Much love,

Con/Jur/d, 4/7/2023

No, I selected the songs after I wrote the poems;-)