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"Hey, LORD?"
"Yes,
My beloved."
"Is that TRUE?"
"What."
"Ya know:
about the
RAINBOW!"
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"Read My Word."
"I DID!"
"I'm waiting."
"For what."
(Squint.)
"Oh.
What;
Ya want me ta'
READ it?"
[NOD.]
"I told Ya;
I already DID!"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"OKAY!
Here it is:
I set My
bow
in the cloud,
and it shall
be a sign......
[Genesis 10:13]
Yeah?
SO?"
[PATIENT FROWN.]
(Puzzled squint.)
"They have R..A..I..N..B..O..W..S
over THERE?"
[PATIENT SIGH.]
"Where,
child?"
"Ya know:
over THERE!"
"Read It."
"I don't understand this:
When I bring clouds
over the earth
and the bow
is seen....
I will remember
My covenant....
[Genesis 10:14-15]
But, LORD!
Was this the
FIRST RAINBOW?
That's all I
wanna KNOW!"
[GENTLE FROWN.]
"Read It,
My precious."
"I DID!
It doesn't make
any SENSE!"
[SIGH.]
"Well......WHERE
did NOAH LAND:
in H...A...W...A...I...I?"
[GENTLE VOICE.]
"Child,
isn't it time,
you went to sleep?"
(Impatient squirm.)
"I just don't GET
THIS! They don't
have RAINBOWS
OVER THERE!"
"Child,
go to sleep."
"NO!"
(Pout.)
I WANT an ANSWER!"
[SOFT VOICE.]
"Read My Word,
beloved."
(Mumble.)
(Pout.)
(Flip some skinny pages around.)
(More mumbling.)
"HERE:
I establish
My covenant...
that never again
shall all flesh
be cut off
by the waters
of a flood.....
[Genesis 10:11]"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"I still don't GET it."
[PATIENT GAZE.]
[WATCH A HUGE
CLOUD FORMING
OVER ANTARCTICA.]
"DIDN'T some
ARCHEOLOGISTS
find the ARK,
like.......in.....IRAN?"
[SILENCE.]
"I thought the
first RAINBOW....
was, like.....
in HAWAII?"
[PATIENTLY COUNT TO TEN.]
"Child.
Read My Word."
(Thoughtful squint.)
"LORD?"
(Whiny voice.)
(Screech.)
"How come You
never mention
A...M...E...R...I...C...A
in Your BOOK?"
"Go to sleep,
child."
(Yell.)
"It's NOT FAIR!"
[PATIENT NOD.]
[GAZE AT A SHARK
SWIMMING NEAR
THE COAST OF
AUSTRALIA.]
(Yell up at the ceiling.)
"EVERYBODY KNOWS
THE ONLY GOOD
RAINBOWS ARE
IN HAWAII!"
[SIGH.]
[PEER OFF AT THE
FARTHER SIDE OF
THE MOON.]
(Shake puny fists
up at ceiling.)
"I DON'T THINK
YOU LIKE AMERICA!"
[LONG PAUSE.]
"Child,
where did I
bring your
family?"
(Far-off squint.)
"Ta'.........
PHILLY?"
[SOLEMN NOD.]
"Now....
go to sleep."
(Cup both hands.)
(Yell up at ceiling.)
"OKAY, LORD!
I'M GLAD WE
HAD THIS TALK!"
[SIGH.]
"Goodnight,
My precious."
"NITE, LORD!"
[CHUCKLE.]
**************************
I establish
My covenant
with you...
never again
shall
there be a flood
to destroy
the earth.
[Genesis 10:11]
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