The Greatest Of All Possible Worlds

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+------The Greatest Of All Possible Worlds; Satan's Speech To Jesus Atop The Mountain 

Step a bit higher. Yes. I
have watched you in nights
preceding alone, swinging your
arms as against a foe, froth from
your mouth embedded in the creases,
hurling parched-throat moon epithets
at the Empire. Fingers interlocking atop
your stomach- a young mercenary,
a “redemptive cause” and just-
sharpened sword, misguided. Patient
with hunger pangs, thirst. As if
something were wrong here, antithetical
to the Good. But bow before me, and
I will show you men, women, who
love life; Kingdoms and their choicest
fruits: any pleasure, decadence, 
indulgence. Kneel and admit: this world
is good, needs no fixing. 

------Matthew 4:1-11
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

The Flowering Rod Of Meghan Markle's Kindness; Tony Conti's Subservience #TonyandMeghan

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+------The Flowering Rod Of Meghan Markle's Kindness; Tony Conti's Subservience 

Meghan, all other girls are 11
princes of Hebrew tribes wilderness
roving out of Egypt, limping, leaning on
rotted wooden rods of insecurity. All
kin to a Promissory Father of Romantic
Hope (Jacob). Their intentions to love
me dubious; The shards of my heart,
broken, only fodder for arrogant competition
to alone destroy me with a despot’s
callous-lover’s rejection. But babes!
Your gorgeous skin, spectacular
smile like a sublime lineage divine.
Your lips, benign Levite royalty. If
you took me on a date at Kensington
palace- buds, and bloomed blossoms,
and almonds from your staff of compassion.
A miracle to vindicate your supremacy,
quiet girls’ murmurings forever. 

------Numbers 17:1-13
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he. And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? 

Taylor Swift's Wafer Of Love; Tony Conti's Heart Sated #taylordatetony

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+------Taylor Swift's Wafer Of Love; Tony Conti's Heart Sated 

Taylor, my singleness prolonged
feels like masses of fretful
Hebrews on a journey-from-the-most
-pained-loneliness- (Egypt)
cum-anguished-sojourn in 
Romance Languishing’s wilderness.
All the girls who rejected
me: Pharaoh quaking with
grief on the Red Sea’s other,
crueler, side. My heart hungry. Thirsty.
For Canaan. But babes! Your smile
is like divine empathizing behind
Heavenly clouds’ glowing. Your
beauty, a Wafer of angels for
my soul, I swear. If you  took me to
Starbucks, hope descending
as snow onto the ground, small, round
like hoarfrost. I’d exclaim exuberant:
“Manna!!!” Bread for Lovers. Finally.   

------Exodus 16:2-15
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord. And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your murmurings. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. 

My Boy

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+------My Boy; The First Words Of Virgin Mary To Jesus

Before you were born,
before Gabriel’s visit, my nights
were haunting. My thoughts a
dark specter, willowy, amorphous,
foreboding; Thanatos rising
from Hades with vile slander. Tossing,
turning. My fears: Jerusalem silent –
a wasteland, dried blood over toppled
stone, our Temple a byword,
swords of mighty men rusted,
or plundered by Roman guards.
Those dogs. But now…no more
Hebrew generations getting older,
dying with regret. My prayer has
been heard. Our Salvation is here.

------ Luke 2:1-14
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Kirk Cousins's Healing In Gethsemane #TonyandKirk #httr

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+------Kirk Cousins's Healing In Gethsemane 

Kirk, the Denver Broncos:
the dregs of NFL society, the
worst of proletariat mobs at midnight,
a rabid band clenching staves, knives,
waving torches bloodthirsty. Circumscribing
you at Fed Ex Field, Gethsemane, for
(Roman) crucifying of post season
dreams. And Redskins’ fans hopes are
Malchus, servant of the high priest of
Superbowl expectations, his ear (of joy)
sword-severed in the skirmish of a 6-8
season. But your pinpoint passes,
zeal for 1st downs, passion to win: the
valor of a QB Savior. Your Touchdowns
to Doctson, Davis - your hand touching
our mutilated cheek of emotions. A win
today, like healing. A new ear to hear your
Skins Lombardi victory speech in 2019.
 
------ Luke 22:44-54; John 18:4-11
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off; Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

(I Am) The Last Prophet

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+------ (I Am) The Last Prophet; John's Thoughts Upon Leaving Home

At the breast, my mom’d
romance my soul with litanous
songs of Hebrew prophets
by flickering candles’ crepuscular
light courageously swaying -Miriam
dancing on the Red Sea’s opposite
shore of Egypt - Amos, Daniel, Jeremiah,
Elijah, Elisha…a heroes’ continuum
of oracles by God chosen. And now
this…presuming upon charities of
traders to sew clothing from camel’s hair,
a leather belt embroidered with “E” to
invoke Elijah with me. She knew
I’d leave her one day. I promised her:
I will honor polarity always- in the
face of Rome’s evil…I will offer
our people “the good.” I’ll be baptizing
in the Jordan…if you ever need me.   

------Matthew 3:1-12
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire..

Generation Next

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+------Generation Next; The Angel Gabriel's Words To Zacharias In The Temple Regarding John

And Plato told you: “it is likely
that if a city of good men
came to be, there would be
a fight over not ruling, just as
there is now over ruling.” And
I know the zealots that worship
in this temple among you
intemperate barely able to unclench
a bow and arrow’s grip, suppress
rebellion. I know the cries of nursing Hebrew
babes, sickly, gaunt, famished, over
the nightly scent of Roman soldiers’
meats sumptuous; That you burn
the incense twice as long to cloak it.
So I send you news of a son –
your wife’s banishing prayer of
barrenness heeded: A man to give
his life for the return of hearts of
the people from vengeance of Rome,
and Moses, back to God. To prepare hope’s
straight path. Because your Savior is coming. 


------Luke 1:7-22
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
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Taylor Swift's Transformation Of Tony Conti Into A Fisher Of Love #taylordatetony

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+------Taylor Swift's Transformation Of Tony Conti Into A Fisher Of Love 

And Taylor, I know by now
you know my heart, my soul -
two Hebrew fishermen
with dating-expectation-robes
raggedy, dingy…sandals of hope
of loneliness’s “Roman occupation”
overthrown unraveling at their seams.
Standing apathetic by the Sea of Galilee,
eyes lost in despairing tides, all my
attempts at dating: casting nets
empty from a dinghy in the morn;
at sunset flinging nets empty in
the hull. But babes! Your beaming
smile, the wondrous pitch of your voice
in songs a virgin birth of lovers’ prophecy
heralded much. Coffee with you at
Starbucks a joy-disciple’s invitation,
your stately silhouette on the horizon
approaching. A kiss from your lips
like me trembling at life anew: “Tony
come and follow Me, I will make you
a fisher of love.”

------Matthew 4:18-20
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.

Patmos

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+------ Patmos; John's Thoughts While Exiled

I told Tiberius to his face, our
souls are but pilgrims here; There
is no Rome Eternal, no Elysium,
no Empire semper invicta. That
Charon's to ferry nations from Styx
to Hades….abusive, draconian. And now
I cant sleep, an exile on an isle barely
habitable…the dirt brittle, incessant howls
of wolves for blasphemers even
moonless nights starless, circling my tent.
The glow of red eyes portals to
etheric dimensions without time: A King
mysterious poised on a Jasper Throne,
four creatures in joyful speech apoplectic
“holy, holy, holy!!!” A glorious preface
before flashes of angels’ seals, trumpets,
bowls. Of plagues, of war, of famine.

My last words to Caesar: "The end is
near I think...." Trembling.

------Revelation 4:1-8
After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
“‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.”

The Wall Of Lebron James....Toppled #TonyandWall

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+------The Wall Of  Lebron James....Toppled

John, the Cleveland Cavaliers,
Canaanites in a city securely
barred: Jericho. At the prospect
of your NBA-title conquest, its
King (James) and fighting men
faltering, irresolute behind famed
impregnable walls of Egotism. And your
ball handling, penetration to the rim,
like an army of Hebrews courageously
marching chair-step, legs kicked, arms
swung brazenly for six days circling their
defense. Your assists to Beal,
Morris, like priests carrying the Ark
blowing trumpets. And tonight, when you
dunk on Lebron –A King deposed, a new
NBA world order. Like a zealous procession
for the 7th time, razing the city walls,
every single Canaanite raided, decimated. 

------Joshua 6:1-5
Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

The Confused Babble Of All Girls; Taylor Swift's Rescue Of Tony Conti's Dating Life #taylordatetony (Happy Birthday Taylor!!!)

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+------The Confused Babble Of All Girls; Taylor Swift's Rescue Of Tony Conti's Dating Life 

Taylor, all girls I have
known- a nation bonding
over hubris; One race of people
(thick-skinned) kin to one tongue,
one speech of breaking hearts. Colluding
“come let’s make bricks [of Tony’s
dating invitations] and bake them
thoroughly.” Pilgrims sinister settling east, 
in Shinar’s plain – to found cruelty’s
capital city for construction of my
loneliness: a prodigious
staggering, tower. Their callousness-
brick instead of stone, insincerity-
tar for mortar. But babes! You are
my heart’s Sovereign, your spellbinding
smile an eternal throne Golden, your
two blue eyes angels on hope’s clouds
bowing to my plight. If you took
me to Starbucks, their mass confusion, a
city abandoned. Our kiss over coffee, their
dreams of me single scattered all over.
Their joy: strangers, barbarians
wandering aimlessly, on an Earth cold.

------Genesis 11:1-9
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

A Den For Dreamers

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+------A Den For Dreamers; Daniel's Words Of Negotiation With The Lions In The The Den Of King Darius 

Friends, blessed be
chance encounters…
our preamble to Great reckonings.
For, like you, I have once
known autonomy, supremacy of
race (prior to Babylonian captivity)-
hunters’ lust, a saliva’s coat
afresh on fangs of desire from
fantasizing on prey, then feasting.
Chasing glories (Davidic) as gazelles
stumbling over scattered rocks
fearful, trembling. And now this, sharing
fate of destiny constricted, free men
debased. A den: dark, dank.
Esteemed as savages undeserving even
of light's dignity. Yet…please...grant me
just one night of your hunger; Tomorrow
my God will give food, freedom,
a fresh start praised by us all. I swear. 

------Daniel 6:10-16
Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?”
The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.” Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.”  When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him. Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.” So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”

(Our) Paradise Again

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+------(Our) Paradise Again; The Angel Gabriel's Thoughts As He Left Mary To Return To Heaven 

And I remember Satan
(and his legions) from Heaven
to earth in a tailspin arms flailing trails
of black smoke, Hades pacing to
and fro in the netherworld hexing
the “despotism” of Zeus…the courtyard
here in disarray. God’s Throne Room
revolt-plundered, lampstands tossed,
candlesticks overturned. The silence
deafening of Michael, Raphael, et al
at first then lingering disconcerting
disharmony of discord, desecration…sin's
pride’s odium pervading a Creation
made for us: pure, peaceful once. But
now there is a chance to make
everything right again, for Paradise’s
restoration (through your womb)...Thank you. 

------Luke 1:38
"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be fulfilled." Then the angel left her.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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+------A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Words Of Pontius Pilate's Wife To Her Husband Regarding Jesus 

I remember, vaguely, waking to
garbled words still in bed, you
prevaricating about something...a man...
at a distance, and choleric. When I
parted the canopy’s curtains,
the veil to secrets of Rome’s oracles,
I beheld (aghast), an audience of bones
standing in pools of blood, mouths agape.
Then radiant flashes of manifold angels
cratering, comet-like, the dirt floor
of the amphitheater, groaning clasping
bits of wings melted…with your face!
Icarus flying, petrified by the Sun’s heat.
This morning I realized it was a dream 
…drenched in sweat, my heart
palpitating. Pontius…the gods send
us a message about Jesus: please…
“have nothing to do with that Just man”


------Matthew 27:16-26
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

The 153 Fish Of Tony Conti's Dating Resurrection (With Taylor Swift) #taylordatetony

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+------The 153 Fish Of Tony Conti's Dating Resurrection (With Taylor Swift)

Taylor, singleness is
seven men motley - disciples
of my hope-filled romantic
expectation…newly deceased, 
crucified by rejection of merciless
hearts of other girls: Roman, centurion;
the spear-and-nail, crown-of-thorn-
type - fishing at night, full moon,
with nets severely frayed by now,
empty. Clenching the mast exhausted.
But your smile, joy’s morn-resurrection.
Coffee with you at Starbucks’d
be you standing (august) at shores
of my impassioned strivings, a
kiss from your soft lips like you
beseeching me: “Throw your net
on the right side of the boat.”
Your love’d be like 153 fish caught,
me swimming excitedly to a fire of
burning coals of peace for my soul.
Us scarfing bread…of revenge: (Caesar). 


------John 21:1-14
Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered. He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.

This Is Life

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+------This Is Life; Adam's Thoughts After Naming The Animals 

This is the very
beginning of manifest destiny’s
ideation. My soul alighted,
by life 
by the breath of God like fiery
notions of infinite
possibilities…my eyes gazing
westward, my visions at night: flames.
In my heart like curiosity burning for
more. To learn forever
to expand consciousness of Creation.
And the plants, the trees, the animals
before me bow, awaiting bestowal
of a name to inform the search for
meaning; This sensation I call “Love”
- A Man fully alive, thriving doing
what He was created to do.

------Genesis 2:15-19
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

Life On The Otherside (Of Egypt)

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+------Life On The Otherside (Of Egypt); Moses's Thoughts Before He Raised His Staff Over The Red Sea

I feel the gales stirring,
foam from waves-before-me’s
furies (rushing oppositely
like brigades of soldiers once
warring filled with terror, suddenly)
crashing down drenching my
feet like a deluge. When flashbacks
sporadic, as a child on Pharaoh’s
lap, fed grapes from his hand,
learning royal secrets of Isis,
Ra, Seth, Nut loop before me,
I don’t flinch. I embrace this defection
as destiny, horses of persecution
galloping behind us. I can hear echoes
now of my mother’s voice, setting me
in a basket down the Nile: beckoning
from the Red Sea’s otherside: “My son,
Egypt is never to be your home. A
Hebrew's true home is Eden…”

------Exodus 14:15-23
The Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out for help? Tell the people to move forward. Lift up your walking stick and hold it out over the sea. The water will divide, and the Israelites will be able to walk through the sea on dry ground. I will make the Egyptians so stubborn that they will go in after them, and I will gain honor by my victory over the king, his army, his chariots, and his drivers. When I defeat them, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” The angel of God, who had been in front of the army of Israel, moved and went to the rear. The pillar of cloud also moved until it was between the Egyptians and the Israelites. The cloud made it dark for the Egyptians, but gave light to the people of Israel, and so the armies could not come near each other all night. Moses held out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind. It blew all night and turned the sea into dry land. The water was divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on both sides. The Egyptians pursued them and went after them into the sea with all their horses, chariots, and drivers.  

The Final Banquet Of Dak 'Haman' Prescott's Season; Kirk Cousins's Redemption #TonyandKirk #HTTR

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+------The Final Banquet Of Dak 'Haman' Prescott's Season; Kirk Cousins's Redemption 

And Kirk, dreams of your
people, Redskins fans:
Hebrews pining away, resentful
of abuses that linger in Persia
(Dallas, Texas)…are no longer
quixotic but necessary. Dak Prescott,
Haman the Amalekite, nefandous
Cowboys villain of Hebrews
by NFL blood: has negotiated with King
Xerxes, Roger Goodell, elimination of
your playoff eligibility (genocide of fan-hopes)
with tonight’s loss. So heed Mordecai’s,
Jay Gruden’s, counsel as of a cousin
held dear. Take courage, the very life
of the postseason in your hands: your
QB acumen, audibles, TD passes to
Vernon Davis like the most insolent bravery.
A win and you save us all (Redskins Nation).
A win: the King’s favor, Haman hanged instead.

------Ester 4:6-17
So Hathak went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate. Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews. He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people. Hathak went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said. Then she instructed him to say to Mordecai, “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.” When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai, he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions.

Tony Conti's Dating Life With An Issue Of Blood; Taylor Swift's Cure #taylordatetony

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+------Tony Conti's Dating Life With An Issue Of Blood; Taylor Swift's Cure

Taylor, singleness is
my heart’s lingering inability
to be peripatetic fully- a
Hebrew woman, slave of Rome,
ritually unclean/diseased; My rejection
from girls, a continuous stream
of her blood pooling in alleyways, stains
on Galilean back streets lonely. At
night, wailing at the moon the
way wolves howl when hungered
weeks. But babes! Your entrancing
smile a cloak (you don always, Savior
of my love life. Your cerulean eyes,
soft lips like an angel like one Virgin-
Born…and you’re tall). A date with
you at Starbucks, a kiss over coffee
…my romantic soul reaching out
to touch its edge.
I’d get up and run freely. Loved.

------Matthew 9:20-22
Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.

The One Chosen

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+------The One Chosen; The Prophet Anna's Words To The Crowds After Meeting Baby Jesus In The Temple 

When I saw his face,
I felt the barge of
emotion of the Greeks
as mythoi boast
of Dionysus…a god pulsing (once)
with blood of mortals. A man, like them,
but with kinship, inspiring, of Mount
Olympus…yet for us Hebrews sans
the debauchery. In his eyes, pure,
I saw a reflected shadow (crowned)
from another world of a Caesar more
pure, David’s resurrection in our
time….sprung from the Womb of
a Virgin Mother. Yes, today I saw,
finally, proof of salvation, this
corrupt Roman empire toppled.


------Luke 2:36-38
There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

A Heart Warmed

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+------A Heart Warmed; The First Words Of Dorcas To Her Community After Peter Raised Her From The Dead 

And everything I fancied,
boasted of to you (by good works)
is true...
golden harps strum by cherubim
on silk strings, everywhere fragrant
smoke of incense in jeweled censers…
the broad, joyous, wizened smiling
of Father Abraham….amidst
laughter of prophets once
slaughtered…sheep who reclaimed
their lives, finally, from ungodly
wolves of worldly bloodlust. All true. But
until return I must retire my spindle;
The Son shines so brightly there,
always – my coats would be mockery.

------Acts 9:36-43
In Joppa there was a woman named Tabitha, who was a believer. (Her name in Greek is Dorcas, meaning “a deer.”) She spent all her time doing good and helping the poor. At that time she got sick and died. Her body was washed and laid in a room upstairs. Joppa was not very far from Lydda, and when the believers in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him with the message, “Please hurry and come to us.” So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, he was taken to the room upstairs, where all the widows crowded around him, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was alive. Peter put them all out of the room, and knelt down and prayed; then he turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. Peter reached over and helped her get up. Then he called all the believers, including the widows, and presented her alive to them. The news about this spread all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. Peter stayed on in Joppa for many days with a tanner of leather named Simon.

The First Will Be The Last

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+------The First Will Be The Last; Abel's Thoughts As He Made His Offering To God (Before Cain Slew Him) 

Cain dismisses it
as apocryphal: I confide
in him that angels confer
with me beneath the moon,
stars; Secrets amongst wolves
in the den. They say what we see,
hear, taste, touch isn’t real
but reality fleeting. What we give to
God now in time/space, will tender
us rewards eternal (Eden). I beg him,
then, “please live each day as   
if all we know imminently dissipates.”
We must sacrifice our best, our all.

------Genesis 4:1-8; Hebrews 11:4
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.” Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.; By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.

Kirk Cousins, Giant(s) Slayer #TonyandKirk #HTTR #KirkisKingDavid

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+------Kirk Cousins, Giant(s) Slayer

Kirk, Eli Manning and his Superbowl
accolades: Goliath, a Philistine towering
six cubits and a span, the Giants D-line
his coat of scale armor of bronze
weighing five thousand shekels.
His RB, Orleans Darkwa, bronze
greaves on legs, his playbook
a javeline of bronze slung on
his back. When he finds Roger
Lewis, his deep-passes a spear
shaft, its iron point…six hundred shekels
massive.

But you, you are the hero
of sacrosanct NFL prophecies; A boy
shepherd in the sheepfolds of Michigan
State who slew lion, bear of NCAA
opportunities tremendous. And today,
at Socoh in Judah (Fed Ex Field),
the pivotal moment olive oil of Samuel
(Jay Gruden’s) blessing was poured
for. With a sling (for an arm) and five
smooth stones as TD passes…be fearless.
A win’ll be a stone bludgeoned between
his legacy’s eyes. When Goliath falls
tonight, you will rise as (the Redskins’)
Judah’s Playoff King. #httr

------1 Samuel 17:4-7; 26-37
A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him.; David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?” They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.” When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.” “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?” He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before. What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him. David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.” But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”

Taylor Swift's Coffee Date With Tony Conti; Tangible Proof Of (Heart) Resurrection #taylordatetony

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+------Taylor Swift's Coffee Date With Tony Conti; Tangible Proof Of (Heart) Resurrection

Taylor a date with you’d be,
initially, pure incredulity; My love-
life nailed (by years’ girls’ rejections)
as to a tree on Golgotha between two
savages, its body spectacularly
mauled (by whips, Roman-spears of
impatient despairing). And…the steam
of Starbucks coffee’d rise as
morning myst above an
emptied tomb. Your smile, a
miraculous entry into my locked,
shuttered room of romance-doubting.
A kiss from your soft lips (Virgin-born,
your two blue eyes two gemstones
snatched from angels in heaven at birth)
like proof, like my heart’s hands placed
on wounds of nails in hands, scars
of slits of spear-tips in ribs. Your
charmed gaze: my ironclad belief in
resurrection of dead dreams.


------John 20:24-29
 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

My Son The King

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+------My Son The King; The Thoughts Of Joseph After The Angel  Of The Lord Appeared To Him In A Dream 

I know now what Hamilcar
felt in Carthage ransacked, a Patriarchal
Eagle (of war, of wings lacerated) staring
at his son-to-be-hatched, impatient
to bequeath spitefulness. I gaze
at Mary’s stomach as she sleeps;
I see David mounted on a horse hunting
Philistines, I see Hannibal Barca, the
blood-shot eyes unsheathing the blade
he inherited for pernicious purpose. When
I come to, the standing wall-silhouette 
of my son-to-be, cast by the waning
flames of our candle flickering. I muse
astonished: Jesus, the one prophesized
to free us from Caesar’s tyranny…
is (in nine months) coming.

------Matthew 1:19-24
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.  Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:  

Back To The Future

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+------Back To The Future; Enoch's Thoughts Before God Took Him Away 

I’ve thought about this
for some time, the gemstones
aligning, alighting banks of the River
of Life, the Tree of Life’s famed
leaves and branches as sacred
alcoves of cherubim and seraphim;
Waiting, speaking in tongues only
I know. And now there is no dithering,
no mollification of the rage
within my heart festering for
Satan’s great deceit, the tears
of my father for the paradise
he lost (through insolence). I must
go…the call is too loud,
persistent to ignore…back to Eden. 

------Genesis 5:18-24
 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died. When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.  Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

Kirk Cousins's NFC Cure (In New Orleans)

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+------Kirk Cousins's NFC Cure (In New Orleans)

Kirk, and now, the Redskins’ season
is Naaman, commander of
the army of the King of Aram
(the NFC) – valiant soldier. Five losses
like scabs, pained boils on his body,
another to the Saints’d be craters on skin
of playoff hopes unsightly. A blemish
too much to bear in war’s NFL theatre.
But you, Israel’s (Fed Ex Field’s) prophet
miraculous. Your QB repertoire, passes
precise, great compassion. TDs
in New Orleans to Doctson, Davis,
Thompson magnanimous, like counsel
of a sage for his cure: seven times’
baptism in the River Jordan. The defeat of
Drew Brees like restoration of Superbowl
aspirations- clean skin as soft as a child’s.
Redskins Nation’s gratitude: Naaman
bowing in the Temple of Rimmon with you.

------2 Kings 5:1-19
Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy. Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of clothing. The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.” As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!” When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him this message: “Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come to me and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.” So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha’s house. Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage. Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy. Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God. He stood before him and said, “Now I know that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.” The prophet answered, “As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.” And even though Naaman urged him, he refused. “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much earth as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the Lord. 18 But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I have to bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.” “Go in peace,” Elisha said.

The Greatest Dinner #IamJohn

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*  Dedicated to #IamJohn

+------The Greatest Dinner; John's Thoughts At The Last Supper 

Tonight, we will not speak
of things verboten. Thirteen
men drawn together by
prophetic hopes of David the King,
now in ceremonious conviviality passing
wine, bread sacrosanct - the
way wolves smile over the
body of a deer felled. And the
dancing flame of a destiny
unknown, reveals (my head titled into
your bosom) your true face…Psyche
seeing Eros for the first time, awestruck,
humbled. We sing, we reminisce.
We rail against Caesar. It’s perfect,
like the last dinner we’ll ever need.

------Luke 22:7-16; John 13:23
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
“Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked. He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.” They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”; There was reclining one of His disciples whom Jesus loved in the bosom of Jesus.

The Fires And Waters Of Tony Conti's Singleness; Taylor Swift's Miracle-Rebuke #taylordatetony

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*  Dedicated to #TaylorDateTony

+------The Fires And Waters Of Tony Conti's Singleness; Taylor Swift's Miracle-Rebuke 

Taylor, my singleness is a
Hebrew father in Caesarea Philippi
dysphoric pleading on his knees, my
heart from dating rejection his lunatic
son sore vexed. And I swear my
loneliness feels like emotional
schemes of a devil- like falling into fire,
the skin of my soul singed, into water,
my yearning for romance drowning
helplessly. Years of being bae-less,
wails of anguish, a spectacle
before crowds surrounding me.
But babes! You are a Coffee-
Savior, the tone of your singing-
voice angels feting one
born of a Virgin. Your blue eyes
Heaven’s gift to men, your lips
Miraculous comfort. If you took me
to Starbucks, kissed me,
a stern rebuke to my dateless life. 
The demons would leave me
that very hour.

------Matthew 17:14-21
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?  And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Love's Sacrifices...(Prayers Of A Fox Whisperer) #IamSamson

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*  Dedicated to #IamSamson

+------Love's Sacrifices...(Prayers Of A Fox Whisperer); Samson's Words To 300 Foxes After Losing His Wife To The Philistines 

Foxes, proselytes in 150 fated
pairs, tails knit together (as lovers,
I hope) torch-lit. Into their ears
I whisper “we have known love universal,”
“its abode within the soul, a
lasting blaze”. I ask them to rise….
as metaphors, mourning conflagration
-ambassadors for those not
yet born who’ll one day cherish
romance too. “On fox-altars for fox
gods please take offerings of grain,
wine, olives”…The black smoke,
the blood, the charred wheat, the
crazed fur of immolation, grapes seething
of wrath: “Send the Philistines a
stark message- this is the stench,
of your greatest loss, of a (Hebrew
man’s) heart broken.” 

------Judges 15:1-8
Later on, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. He said, “I’m going to my wife’s room.” But her father would not let him go in. “I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.” Samson said to them, “This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them.” So he went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails, lit the torches and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves. When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.  Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.” He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock of Etam.

Dancing With Wolves (Of Greatness)

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*  Dedicated to #IamJoseph

+------ Dancing With Wolves (Of Greatness); Joseph's Retelling Of His Dreams To His Brothers

Brothers, when I hear wolves howling
before we slumber, only a stone’s
throw from these tents, I haven’t any
fear… ‘tis an invitation
to abscond from prescibed ranks of humans.
In my dreams, their macabre
show of fangs like prophecy,
and growling, desire. So when we bind
sheaves of grain in fields I process
prey/predator. In all things the fur on
my neck stands erect, I visualize that
stark dichotomization; Noah sneering at all
all scoffers before the flood. And…I
don’t know what it all means, but in dreams
your sheaves always bow before
mine standing upright. You…the whole world
even…bows before me. The terror
of being hunted (by my destiny, greater).

------Genesis 37:3-7
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”

Tony Conti Speaking (Of Coffee) For The First Time; The Healing Presence Of Taylor Swift #taylordatetony

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*  Dedicated to #TaylorDateTony

+-----Tony Conti Speaking (Of Coffee) For The First Time; The Healing Presence Of Taylor Swift

Taylor, my single heart is
a Hebrew man in Galilee
intending to talk (of dating)
but with deadened tongue; 
My desire for café-words- Penelope
years’ weaving a web at the loom
waiting for Odysseus, perceiving it
as forever. But babes, your smile
a Virgin-Born Savior on the horizon.
Your blue eyes, celestial radiance
of impartation of language miraculous.   
Coffee with you at Starbucks’d be
speech of romance kindly bequeathed,
my soul’s guttural primordial passion of joy
loosed, finally. If we kissed, vibrations of
soundwaves
spread from the mouth of a mute, driving
out the demons of past rejections.
The crowd of girls who dissed
me’d say “Nothing like this has ever
been seen in Israel.” The haters’d
murmur “It is by the prince of
demons that [she] drives out demons.”
But I’d speak “#taylordatetony” ….for
the first time. Happily.

------Matthew 9:32-34
While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.” But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”

The World New

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*  Dedicated to #IamNoah

+------The World New; Noah's Thoughts After God Directed Him To Build The Ark 

I’ve felt it sometime now,
this malaise of heart of one
destined for something momentous.
In my curious periphery, the leering
of some beasts, eyes preying, teeth 
exposed like Death does when he
raises his scythe, when I turn
away my gaze. My neighbors profane
scoff, Noah the cynic, when I
frame life around distinctions. A world
wherein what’s present is soon
to be distant past. I cradle my wife,
tent flap slightly ajar so we can whisper
to the stars, to what's unknown….
“Give us courage when it rains”

------Genesis 6:5-8
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Baptize Me, The World

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+------Baptize Me, The World; Jesus' Words To John  After Requesting Baptism In The Jordan 

When I was younger
I remember the grousing
of my Mother – that the occupation
of Caesar made the Hebrew soul
ritually unclean, ashamed: The Trojans
musing, years later, on hearing the
crescendos of Odysseus’ tumult
within the wooden horse; The wheels
splintering. And now I stand
at the world’s edge, toes on the Bank
of the Jordan. Seeking, first to
cleanse my mind of all the doubt,
inferiority I have known, seen. To wash
away, in my flesh, the ageless indignity
of the human. To clean my people
of their sin, to clean the world of the
old order. To make all things new. Pure.     

------Matthew 3:13-17
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented. As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased