jimsac
Tribune
Lovely titillating prose. Well worth the wait. Need time to digest...View attachment 799049 "Make way for the Queen! Her throne awaits!" they shout, swords drawn. I fear the uncontrollable crowd, as do they! The crowd wants to see me crucified, but given the chance they would also be delighted to get their hands on me and tear me limb from limb. They will get the former. A Queen on a throne of wood! They will delight in my sufferings nailed to the wood. So, I trudge ever onward, ridiculed at every step, falling to my knees, struggling to rise and stagger onward, naked, humiliated and totally helpless ... truly a walk of shame.
View attachment 799048 And then I reach the dreaded place of execution, with its rows of upright posts ... the place where so many before me have died, shamed and disgraced. What post shall be mine, I wonder. Some look well-used, splintered, bloody-stained, leaning to one side or the other, but up ahead ... that one ... new, unused and shimmering in the bright sunlight ... of course ... my throne of wood. I stumble again, raise my head. And then ... of course ... near the ground ... a small foot rest ... they have thought of everything ... there will be no quick merciful dying ... no, they intend to prolong my agony ... a living example, of what becomes of royalty when all goes wrong. They crowd wills that I shall continue to rule, but not over the land and populace, but over a tiny patch of stony ground, in the midst ot the hill of death, my only support ... my only subjects being ... a cross of wood, the spikes to be driven through my feet and wrists, the sweat pouring from my spores to mix with meandering streams of blood, the rasping of breath from lungs gasping for air. They will camp around me, ogling my nakedness, the obscene display of my private parts, my sobs and cries for mercy. They will eat, drink, laugh and point, sing and celebrate. What a terrible ending. Why must it be?