<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 22px;">Communion</span><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There’s no bread.</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The bakers have gone into hiding.</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The seats at the table are empty.</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Twelve are out marching with the thousands.</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The streets are filled with a new song.</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Only Judas sits at Target Plaza, counting his silver,</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">While Pontius Pilate issues a carefully-worded statement.</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Meanwhile, the centurions have quotas to fill.</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">But out on the streets there’s a Communion.</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus takes the city in his hands and says,</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“This is my body, broken for you.”</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Rob Hardy</span></div></div></body></html>