a rule breaker
to the end
inviting us to drink blood
it was only wine of course
but he was saying
it was his blood
somehow
that was significant
yet it went against the grain
of all our Jewish sensitivities
to drink
blood
it was another mystery
another conundrum
we couldn’t begin to get our thoughts
around the questions
racing through our heads
that night
only later
a very long time later
did the faintest
chink of understanding
start to filter through
a sacrificial lamb
the ultimate
never needed again
sacrificial lamb
that’s what he was
pouring his blood out
for us
