BLACKPOOL PIETÁ

BLACKPOOL PIETÁ

His body was found on the beach in the early morning. Gulls were crying. There was only the sound of the sea. He was naked. Badly beaten. Eight of his ribs were broken. There were bite-marks on the body. And severe head injuries. He was twenty-four years old. The cause of death had been drowning. His bloodstained jeans and boxer shorts were discovered nearby. There was no shirt. He was a single man who lived alone. Mary took his body into her arms like her Son’s.