This was the moment when Before turned to After
And the future’s uninvented timekeepers presented arms.
This was the moment when nothing happened.
Only dull peace sprawled boringly over the earth.
This was the moment when even energetic Romans
Could find nothing better to do
Than counting heads in remote provinces.
And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three members of an obscure Persian sect
Walked haphazard by starlight straight into the kingdom of heaven.
U.A. Fanthorpe (1929-2009), BC/AD, 1982.
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