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Paint Him Beautiful
Bad men who love Jesus paint him beautiful, speak with him in tongues of angels
visit him in psychedelic colour of light of sound
they wait for him in trees, grab at his tunic when he passes on the side of the road if only I can touch the edge of his cloak I shall be healed
remember mercy
Bad men who love Jesus hear the cock crow three times run to the empty tomb five thousand are converted in one day
lie down in green pasture yea though they walk through the valley of the shadow of death goodness and mercy will follow them all the days of their lives these bad men who love Jesus
inherit the earth speak to mountains wither fig trees love thy neighbour walk on water
Bad men who love Jesus live forever
prophesying redemption, gathered in baskets, in nets, made beautiful
Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt is an artist and writer who lives in Quebec’s Eastern Townships with her husband and four children. Her work has been published in Crux, Room, the anthologies Taproot II, III and IV and in the online poetry journal, The Centrifugal Eye. She teaches English at Champlain Regional College and leads classes in embodied prayer.
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