Good Friday

Good Friday

Matthew D. Blanton

If you'd imagined it right
you would have imagined the dirt
the soot, the stench, and the un-remarkableness
of it all

The crackle of the fire
The small, seasoned slave girl
towering over the man who dared to deny
his tribal God

A shot rang out and scattered
the rabid, desperate dogs
Into the dark passageways of this
forgettable town

In the light of dim torches
the bureaucratic cogs
of a dominated people
cling to power

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Matthew D. Blanton
Poet & Sociologist

Matthew is a poet and writer whose work has been featured in Sojourners, Relevant, and Leadership Journal. He lives in Austin, Texas with his family where he is completing his PhD in Sociology at the University of Texas."

Photography by Vadim Sadovski