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The Potentate of Time
(for Palm Sunday)
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We might sing about
Crowning with many crowns
Jerusalem the holy city
Maybe in England
About dark, Satanic mills
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It’s a gaudy day
With fronds flapping up and down
Carried by children
Sometimes into service
A favorite exercise of mine
To make crosses out of stems
To lean against windows
Or tuck inside picture frames
For the coming year
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It’s a good day
When people act as if
They like church
And each other,
And some of that might
Rub off into truth
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The church’s nemesis
These days being itself
A day of green neutrality
Might do a world of good
Before the world goes dim
And creaks and moans
In bearing all the weight
Of Passion remembrance
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C L Couch
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“Crown Him with Many Crowns,” Christian hymn written by Matthew Bridges, 1851
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Photo by Vladimir Proskurovskiy on Unsplash
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clcouch123 
March 29, 2021 at 4:38 pm
“The crowds that went ahead of Jesus and those that followed shouted, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!’ ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ‘Hosanna in the highest heaven!’ When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds answered, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee” (Matthew 21:9-11). ………………….Peace brother.