The sonnet sequence, "My Human Disguise," of 600 ekphrastic poems, was begun February 2011 and completed January 15, 2022. It can be found beginning with the January 20, 2022 post and working backwards. Going forward are 20 poems called "Terzata," beginning on January 27, 2022. Thirty more Terzata can be found among the links on the right. A new series of dramatic monologues follows on the blog roll, followed by a series of formal poems, each based on a single word.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
The Taking of Christ (Caravaggio)
#133
A man who betrays another may have
Many motives, but the sin is the same.
Rationalizing, the sinner will salve
His conscience, oblivious to his shame.
Betrayal is an ambiguous crime,
A "virtuous" act muddied with a kiss.
He says, "Doesn't my judgement demand this,
That I expose this man while there's still time?"
Judas's silver wasn't his motive.
He resented and would never forgive
The burden of his Rabbi's instruction --
Far better to live with His destruction.
A traitor won't betray a lesser knave.
His hanged honor rots in an unmarked grave.
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