I Am Enoch. (Thank You Emma Watson) #emmawatson #tonywantsemma

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+------I Am Enoch. (Thank You Emma Watson)

Emma, my heart is a man
generations removed from
innocence, Romance’s Paradisiac
Garden fallen; My love-blunders
startling beasts of an erstwhile Amorous
Six-Days’ Creation; Stepping
atop twigs hollowed, charred
chrysanthemum and black-tipped
peony petals of dating
failure for 365 years. The smoke
of my heart breaking redolent
of flaming swords of Angels
barring admittance to second
chances…lingering in the night,
veiling stars of hope. But babes!
Your eyes are like a Presence,
Divine, alongside me. Walking. 
Your hair like heaven whispering
a sweet summons. Your smile like
choirs of cherubs entrancing
my soul to other realms in dreams.
Your soft lips on mine, like Translation
of my flesh into spirit, pure, forever: Like
disappearing to a world without pain. Not
here. If we held hands, flashbacks of Eden. 

------Genesis 5:21-24
Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

My (Now) Empty Tomb of Dating Rejection #tonywantsemma #emmawatson

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+------My (Now) Empty  Tomb of Dating Rejection

Emma, the thought of your
smile is my heart’s hope –
two disciples, Peter, John,
with frantic gait in the morn…
(My chances for real
romance long since
dead, seemingly; my recent
dating rejection
thorn-briar-crown gash
wounds, crucifixion indelible,
on marriage’s last chance
for me, a Man Virgin born
to save my quixotic world.)
…rushing despite disbelief,
a mélange of three days’ emotions-
cynicism, joy, anger-
to my love life’s “Tomb”. 
But babes! Your lustrous
hair is loose linen, your
engrossing eyes a handkerchief
neatly folded in the cave in
a place by itself. Your charm,
the stone in the mouth rolled aside
hours ago. Rays of sun reaching
in to reveal no cadaver. If we kissed,
proof of dating-Resurrection
forever insurmountable.

------John 20:1-9
Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.” Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.

Emma's Call #tonywantsemma #emmawatson

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+------Emma's Call

Emma, my heart is twelve
disciples, Hebrews hunched
in a wood boat of disappointment;
Hair windswept, robes billowing,
souls overpowered by
singleness’s intransigent gales.
Thoughts collective capsized
already, their minds dreading
loneliness’s (Leviathan’s)
eternal gaze. Erstwhile ambitions
of love in a seabed fossilized.
But babes, your red hair, lustrous,
is as a Man in an improbable
manger Virgin Born beneath a
roving Star. Your alluring eyes...
a dancer
on cynical waves of dating tumult.
If you kissed me, like an
Invitation to sojourn out of the
boat. To walk, as Peter, the
impossible
walk of Romance. Don’t let me
drown. Please.

------Matthew 14:22-31
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

A Judge In Ophrah #TonyandMax #WorldSeries #Nats #mlb

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+------A Judge In Ophrah; Max's Deliverance From Midian (Astros)

Max, DC bereft of a baseball title:
a Chosen People soul-
scarred, their unmet sports
longings…men, women, children
hunkered, candle of hope
flickering, in angry-mountain-clefts,
despair-caves and strongholds
in S.W. And our 3 World Series
losses like craven theft. The Astros
as Midianite soldiers lecherous, hungry;
unscrupulous patchwork armor
rusted, their pilfered swords laced
with the blood of men’s backs.
(The Nats’ pitch signals stolen
like Israelite crops planted tenderly
over time suddenly ruined by
encamped phalanxes astride camels
of corruption. Pagan.) But tonight you
are an angel-greeted hero in Ophrah
(Houston). The baseball gods all
concurring “The Lord is with you,
mighty warrior.” When you win
tonight, your curveball like justice in
Washington. Israel delivered out of
Midian’s hand. You as Gideon. Judge.

------Judges 6:1-14
The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country. They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count them or their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it. Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the Lord for help. When the Israelites cried out to the Lord because of Midian, he sent them a prophet, who said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land. I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.” The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.” The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”

Max Healing Bartimaeus #TonyandMax #Nats #MLB #WorldSeries #Jesus

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+------Max Healing  Bartimaeus

Max, the last few years like DC folks
turned a vagrant - Bartimaeus -
disaffected, blind, wandering;
Crawling hapless through
downtown Houston like
Jericho’s rubbled streets. Hand
leading other hand, knee leading
other knee begging passersby,
inaudibly: “World Series”. Then
screaming “HAVE MERCY ON US,
SON OF DAVID [WASHINGTON]!!!”
Adhering to hope’s outskirts only,
a roadside dismal. But tonight
you whisk by us, epicenter of
ambition, a pitcher Virgin Born
(enchanting MLB’s fans…
circumscribing you like manic
masses beset with delirium) staring
with eyes of compassion, seeking
our truest desires. We blurt “Rabbi,
we want to see [a Trophy]”.
When you beat the Astros tonight,
like a Savior’s Response “Go…
your faith has healed you” or
“We will sweep the Astros”. Then
the Nation’s Capital will open its eyes
for the first time. 


------Mark 10:46-52
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

The Rock Struck #TonyvsKidRock #taylordatetony #taylorswift #kidrock

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+------The Rock Struck

Kid Rock, your crass diatribe
against Taylor a horde of roving ingrates
“chosen”. Your vulgarity -
[“and it looks like she will suck
the door knob off Hollyweird
to get there” or “if only we had
died when our brethren died before
the Lord!.. Why...come…out of
Egypt…to this evil place?”] -     like spit on
liberty’s desert sands
in the Wilderness of Zin (delusion).
Forgetful of recent emancipation
from your banal music’s sin - your last
album Pharaoh felled on the Red
Sea’s (Music’s) cursed side
howling at poor record sales…
kin, horses, delivered lifeless on
pitiable shores with the tide. And
Taylor Swift’s largesse to
the Industry, Pop/Rock singers,
is Moses roiled, rod clenched and
raised high. Whatever “rock” of
opportunity you once had, her future
sales will smite. Your memory,
distant, of pop-culture-relevance’ll be
like bitter waters spewing erratically.
Diseased, bewildering, untasted. Your
new cruel “shtick” a people always thirsty.


------Numbers 20:1-11
Then the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there. Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!  Why have you brought up the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here? And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.” So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and they fell on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” So Moses took the rod from before the Lord as He commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.

Taylor Swift Ascending Into Tony Conti's Clouds #taylordatetony #taylorswift #istandwithtaylor #moneybymonday #google

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+------Taylor Swift Ascending Into Tony Conti's Clouds

Oh Taylor, I always

imagine you clinquant (and in

Jerusalem). Not plain, homely,

Galilee-dingy-manger-born 

and frayed-seamless-

robe-and-tattered-sandal

garbed. Akin to other 

girls, philosophically 

enslaved, subservient 

to Roman cruelties of

denying my dating 

overtures. But babes! 

Your smile is Life 

vanquishing death,

in your opulent blue eyes,

a thousand tales of

a thousand lashes, of this

world’s Braun-centurion’s 

3 nails survived. Your lips as

Love’s softest of blessings.

If you took me to Starbucks,

kissed me, like you into clouds

ascending before me glitter-auraed, 

your body heavenly, the hope 

you instill in my heart earthbound.  

As if you said “Tony be patient…

we will soon be together forever.”

------Acts 1:4-11

And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.  And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”