Easter Exodus

Every spring, I remember the Exodus story. How the twelve tribes became free from slavery, Escaping across the wind parted Red Sea, is a mystery. Easter in Italy, "Pasqua" is an echo of Passover history. In England, Easter is the modern Exodus. Good Friday through to Easter Monday. It's a good long weekend holiday for us, To be spent driving on a jammed motorway. Hurrah! At last we see the sea at the seaside. Saturday starts with "Full English Breakfast". Then, promenading on Brighton Pier with pride. Easter Monday evening, time to go home at last! Romans demolished Jerusalem's Temple for all to see. The twelve tribes became slaves in the diaspora. In Rome these captured slaves eventually became free To sing the "Song of the (Red) Sea" at Pasqua.