Bargaining

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+------Bargaining; The Thoughts Of The Centurion After Jesus Died

I have known Demeter's
heart now- broken
for Persephone, pining
for a compromise
propitious with Death.
If I could rescind time: pry
nails rusted from hands
and feet, pin the thick briar
crown on my own crude head,
not his, slap the water bowl from
Pilate’s hands, I would.
And Ive seen men die for
country, but never devote
dying breaths to redeem their
killers. Truly, this was God’s
Son. And I am sorry.  If only with
horses Hades would return…
snatch me into his chariot instead.

------Mark 15:33-39
At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.” Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said. With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”