World Affairs
Tall and tan,
and young
and lovely...
the girl from
Impanema
goes walking..
and when
she passes,
each one
she passes..
goes,
Ahhhhh!
[Sergio Mendez;
Album: Brasileiro]
*************************
"LORD?
DO YOU
STILL LOVE
the USA?"
"Why,
My precious."
"CUZ!"
[PATIENT FROWN.]
[NOD.]
"HOW COME
YA DIDN'T
LET US BE
IN THE OLYMPICS?"
"Child,
what have
I told you,
before?"
(Thoughtful squint.)
".....to..FLOSS
MY TEETH?"
[PATIENT SIGH.]
(Clueless squint.)
"Eh......don't
KVETCH,
SO MUCH?"
[SIGH.]
"OY VEY."
(Ornery squint
up at the ceiling.)
(Whiny yell.)
"WHAT?"
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
[FIRM VOICE.]
"I am,
right Beside
you,
My child.
You don't need
to yell."
(Whinier, louder yell.)
"But.....
YOU NEVER
LISTEN TO ME,
LORD!"
[PATIENT SIGH.]
"I am
Right Here,
My beloved."
"WELL?
HOW COME?"
"Is this a way,
to speak,
to your Lord,
My precious?"
(Really loud shout.)
"WELL,
I CAN'T SING!
YA ALREADY
KNOW THAT!"
[FIRM FROWN.]
[SILENCE.]
"SO?
How COME,
YA DIDN'T
LET CHICAGO,
BE THE ONE?"
"The one what."
"LORD!
Don't You
ever LISTEN,
to the NEWS?"
[SHAKE HEAD GENTLY.]
[SIGH.]
[HOLD THE EARTH,
AS IT SPINS
ON ITS AXIS.]
"How come,
Ya don't LIKE
THE USA,
ANYMORE?"
"All the nations
are Mine,
My beloved."
"YEAH!
But......
WHAT ABOUT
THE USA,
LORD?
IT'S THE BEST!"
(Squirm!)
(Glare up at the ceiling.)
(Yell.)
(Point to the ceiling.)
"And....
YOU KNOW
IT'S THE BEST!"
[PATIENTLY LISTENING.]
[GAZING AT A FAT POSSUM,
LUMBERING ABOUT,
IN THE HILL COUNTRY,
OF SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS.]
[GENTLE CHUCKLE.]
"WELL?
WHAT ABOUT
THE USA?"
"The world,
is in
My Hand,
child.
It is
in
My Hand."
*********************
For
unto us
a Child is born,
Unto us
a Son is given,
And
the government
will be
upon
His shoulder.
[Isaiah 9:6]
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