July 29th

"So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.'" Matthew 27:24

when they bring us in
and seat us in the
interrogation room, and

begin to question us about

why we allowed children

to go hungry each night

while our garbage bins 

reeked of thrown out food,

why we refused to demand

that those who want to open

up homeless shelters in winter

be given the same incentives

as the developers building 

million-dollar gated communities,

or why we simply choose 

to remain silent instead 

of confronting bullies, we

simply wring our hands 

under the table protesting 

our innocence, while

you weep behind the 

one-way window into our

souls.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

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