and all that malarkey Imperator Rex
well this Nazarene
didn't make it any easier
really - not like the ones
who kick up a fuss so you can
do your block and take it out on them
Silenus
held the spikes steady and I let fly
with the sledge-hammer, not looking
on the downswing trying hard not to hear
over the women's wailing the bones give way
the iron shocking the dumb wood
Orders is orders, I said after it was over
nothing personal you understand - we had a
drill-sergeant once thought he was a God but he wasn't
a patch on you
In an attempt to justify the horrendous deed that was committed, the Centurion implies that he had no choice because it was his job to nail Jesus to the cross. 
 The improper use of “is” suggests that the soldier is uneducated and conforming, which is contextually accurate for a soldier in this time.
And a Good Friday was had by all