04-03-2024, 09:02 AM
The Evolution of Evil
Maundy Thursday, it’s claimed
included 13 people in the Upper Room
for the Last Supper. But ever since
that 13th was identified
as Judas,the Betrayer, and since
He died on Good Friday, if Friday
fell on the 13th, it meant bad luck.
Ever since Eve, women have been
blamed for every manner of ills,
so it didn’t take long for evil suspicions
to rise: there are 12 lunar cycles per year
while women have 13 menstrual cycles.
Except, of course, for the Virgin Mary.
Shape shifting stories
became twisted through the years
with Crusades and Inquisitions
until so many of us no longer knew
what to believe. Who to believe?
I somehow lost my way back.
Is it just the wind?
This faint whisper of, "I am."
Maundy Thursday, it’s claimed
included 13 people in the Upper Room
for the Last Supper. But ever since
that 13th was identified
as Judas,the Betrayer, and since
He died on Good Friday, if Friday
fell on the 13th, it meant bad luck.
Ever since Eve, women have been
blamed for every manner of ills,
so it didn’t take long for evil suspicions
to rise: there are 12 lunar cycles per year
while women have 13 menstrual cycles.
Except, of course, for the Virgin Mary.
Shape shifting stories
became twisted through the years
with Crusades and Inquisitions
until so many of us no longer knew
what to believe. Who to believe?
I somehow lost my way back.
Is it just the wind?
This faint whisper of, "I am."