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Hayley Emery's avatar

Love these lines:

but kept on stooping low,

coming close,

tending to weary soles.

Especially the last. Read aloud whether it is 'soles' or 'tending to weary souls' is up to the hearer.

Matthew White's avatar

Thank you, Hayley. Pleased you picked up on that particular deliberate wordplay / ambiguity. Thanks again!

Kerry Wright's avatar

Never thought about Jesus washing Judas' feet.

Matthew White's avatar

Yes, very thought provoking