Two processions

Five days earlier they'd cheered the coming King.

Simon had been looking forward to a peaceful Passover.

The earthly Powers had been shaking.

But the Hosannas echoed back as "Crucify", and died away as sobbing.

Simon had a job to do.

And it wasn't the earthly Powers that were shaking.

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"Stations of the Cross" from St Alban the Martyr, Holborn.