Politics
Esther
had not made known
her people or kindred,
for Mordecai
had charged her
not to
make it known.
[Esther 2:10]
*************************
"Lord, I think one of my friends
doesn't like me, anymore."
"Why, My precious."
"CUZ!"
[PATIENT NOD.]
"Why, My little precious one."
"Cuz......well, ever since she
found out my true identity."
[PATIENT NOD.]
[GAZE AT PLUTO.]
"Ah."
"No; it wasn't about the Jewish-part.
(Chuckle up at ceiling!)
She already knew about that."
[WISE NOD.]
"I see."
"Neah; it was about my Democrat'ness."
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"Yeah; I was being a closet Democrat.
(Thoughtful squinting.)
Well......I'm not, anymore.
(Sorrowful frown.)
It came up, cuz of all that
new-VP-bru-haha."
[PATIENT SIGH.]
[STARE OFF AT THE MILKY-WAY.]
"Yeah; I couldn't hold my tongue,
Ya know: about that DEER-killing,
and stuff."
[SOLEMN NOD.]
"Yeah; my sister would've
probably said,
'What: did this friend 'a yours...
have EYES?"
[SOLEMN FROWN.]
[SQUINT AT A DUST
STORM ON MARS.]
[NAME IT 'iPOD'.]
"Ya know: somthin' sarcastic,
like that."
[NOD.]
[RECONSIDER.]
[CHANGE THE NAME TO
'ITSY-BITSY'.]
"We're from northwest Philly:
what can I say."
[PATIENT SIGH.]
"I understand, My precious."
"Yeah......but, L....O.....R.....D!"
(Whiny voice.)
I can't VOTE for SOMEBODY
that kills .....
(Voice becomes somewhat whinier.)
.....R....E.....I.....N......D.....E......E......R!"
[PATIENT NOD OF A LOVING FATHER.]
[PEER AT THE CLOUD FORMATION
OF HURRICAN IKE.]
[WONDERS WHY THE WEATHER
CHANNEL DIDN'T NAME IT
'IBBY-ITSNU' IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN CUTER.]
"I understand, Mein kinder."
"ECH!
(Snort!)
"And....what's this about
'Praying-for-GAYS' in that
Republican VP's CHURCH?
Oh, gimme a BREAK!
(Another snort; this time,
much more sarcastically.)
That's just another form of PREJUDICE!"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"Yeah, YEAH!
I KNOW!
It's in....the BIBLE!
SO?
So is SLAVERY: in BOTH the Testaments!
And, CHILDBIRTH without PAINKILLERS!
What: are we gonna go back to THAT, TOO?"
[DEEP SIGH.]
[GAZE AT SOME OF THE POLAR
BEARS NEAR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.]
"So is antiSEMITICISM!"
"Child, calm down.
Go eat some lunch."
"WELL?
It IS in the BIBLE..!
ISN'T it?"
"You're going to get another
migraine, My precious.
Go eat something."
"That has NOTHIN' to
do with it!"
[DEEPLY PATIENT SIGH.]
[CONCERNED LOOK AT HURRICANE
IKE, AGAIN.]
"LORD!"
"What, My precious."
"Are You LISTENING to ME?"
[SLOW NOD.]
"I've heard every word,
you have ever said, child."
"ICH!"
[SOLEMN NOD.]
(Sigh.)
(Calm down for a few moments.)
(Decide to heat up a Swanson
chicken-fried-steak dinner.)
"WELL?
What should I DO?
Ya know: about my FRIEND?"
[LONG WISE PAUSE.]
"What did your Mother
used to say,
My beloved?"
"Eh......Ya mean: about POPEYE*?"
[SOLEMN NOD.]
(Thoughtful squint.)
(Look up at ceiling.)
(Smile!)
"I y'am, what I y'am!
And.....THAT'S what.....
I y'am!"
[SOLEMN NOD.]
(Feel better.)
(Decide to heat up some
Kosher franks & beans, instead.)
(The beans aren't Kosher;
only the franks.)
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
[PEER OFF AT A COUPLE
OF SUN STORMS....ON THE
SUN.]
"Hey........LORD?"
"Yes, child."
"Is IKE goin' to be ....
that BAD?"
[FROWN.]
"What have I told you,
Mein kinder?"
"About what.
(Squint hard.)
(Sip some iced tea.)
(Ponder about going to
Walmart for more water
bottles.)
Oh.
Ya mean: about TRUSTING You?"
[NOD.]
"Yes, child.
This is exactly,
what I mean."
****************************
If I perish,
I perish.
[Esther 4:16]
________________________
*For those of you under
45, 'Popeye the Sailor' was a famous
cartoon character of American
comic strips. He had a
girlfriend named.......eh....
well, I'm having a moment
of over-fifty-ish: wait a
minute, while I go look
it up.
(Squint.)
(Put on second pair of glasses.)
(Mouse into browser.)
(Lazily look at Wikipedia.)
Oh, yeah.
(Smile!)
His girlfriend's name was:
Olive Oyl.
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