Tom Brady's Curative Bronze Serpent In Sinai #NFL #Patriots #TomBrady

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+------Tom Brady's Curative Bronze Serpent In Sinai

Tom... Bill Belichick and your
Patriots are
fleeing Hebrews in the
Desert of Sinai (the NFL) faltering,
fussy, full of rancor; Seeking
Canaan, Promised Land of the
Lombardi. And this year’s
5 defeats, Gronk’s injury, 
the loss of Josh Gordon, like
poisonous snakes with fangs
fatal, assailing Pats’s fans’ hopes
from beneath ill-fated sands.
But your vitality, QB acumen,
and pinpoint passes are as a
Shepherd of Midian, Moses, chosen
since birth, witness to (Hall of Fame)
visions in flames of a Bush burning.
When you beat the Jets,
earn Superbowl MVP, like
a Snake of Bronze coiled
about a pole you hoist
in the air high. Curing New
England of all its former ills. Forever.

------Numbers 21:4-9
From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord to take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.

Taylor Swift's Bronze Serpent Of Love In Tony Conti's Sinai #taylorswift #taylordatetony #wcw

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+------Taylor Swift's Bronze Serpent Of  Love In Tony Conti's Sinai

Taylor, my soul is Sinai-
Hebrews grousing; bearing
scars (romantic, Egyptian:
cruel girls’ rejection like
Pharaoh abusive) wandering
over a desert (of Bae longing)
full of impatient rancor. And
my melancholy, dejection are
mortal: poisonous snakes
slithering up from beneath depths
of cynic's sands with fatal fangs
that bite the heart. But babes!
Your blue eyes sanguine,
hopeful, like one set adrift
on the Nile as a child savior. Moses.
Your lips soft, like the cherubs’
in Heaven heralding divine edicts.
If you took me to Starbucks,
kissed me, like you coiling
a serpent of bronze on a pole,
hoisting in skies of my fantasy.
If we met eyes, like me gazing
at it, like my dating life resurrected.
Instantaneously. 

------Numbers 21:4-9
From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord to take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.

The Finale #Christmas

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+------The Finale; Jesus' Thoughts While Laying In Mary's Bosom

I heard then, his taunting smirk
of Adam, Eve in Eden chewing;
beneath the din of the
Tree of Knowledge’s branches
rustling, the fruit thereof just
torn from the stem in haste:
“Its over!” I remember, too,
the candlesticks overturned
in Heaven’s Temple, war-embers
smoldering, black smoke rising as
Michael flung him to Earth aflame-
Hades rushing up to cleave the ground,
dismissing the distinction between
upper and lower worlds - the edges
of robes of the 24 elders flanking
my throne charred. And now this –
my soul fleshed, a Virgin’s Womb
Blessed. Ive come to this manger to
finish what we started. To tell Satan
“….No. Hope for mankind has just begun.”


------Luke 2:13-19
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
“Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Josh Johnson On The Lyre #NFL #Redskins #TonyandJosh

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+------Josh Johnson On The Lyre 

Josh, the prior scourges
of injury (tragic), crushing
defeat, are an Evil Spirit
tormenting Redskins’s
playoff odds, King Saul
in his chambers anguished.
And Mariota, the Titans D,
like Skins’s fans’ psychosis
debilitating- night horrors
of mobile QBs, myriad sacks,
interceptions. Like Jay Gruden beset
by soul tremors at noon, quaking;
A cracked scepter on the throne
of erstwhile postseason promise.
But you are the heir to the
Superbowl throne; David, riding
to save on a donkey of improbability.
Your agility, arm strength,
NFL acumen a lyre. And after
your third TD, the Titans slain.
Like your fingers strumming
beautiful tunes, soothing for a while. 


------1 Samuel 16:14-23
Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.” So Saul said to his attendants, “Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.” One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the Lord is with him.” Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.” So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul. David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers. Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.” Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.

Stubborn

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+------Stubborn; The Thoughts Of The Hebrew Boys In Babylon Tossed Into The Furnace

We always mused on
the nature of the lies/threats
from scoffers Noah endured,
constructing his Ark;
Doves weary of vultures’ shrills
above, darting in and out of
dark clouds. Whether that mob,
biased, found his faith in God
revolting, or the hint of slow
death by drowning awaiting
those refusing to board. But we
arent ones lacking safe passage
to the Unknown’s opposite side.
Our Ark is our faith, King
Nebuchadnezzar’s flames like
40 days and nights’ rain. And
we refuse to bow to idols, even
if it means the end of the world
as we know it.

------Daniel 3:19-25
Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace. Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.” He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.

The Voyage

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+------The Voyage; Jesus' Thoughts While At His Mother's Breast

I remember locking eyes
with Satan then, before he
cratered towards Earth
flaming, Olympians and
Titans colliding for supremacy,
I told him, “I will chase after
you, spitefully.” To prevent
the universe from collapse.
I remember the choral send-off,
archangels, cherubs in unison
cheering my cause, ushered through
the alliance of a Womb of a Virgin
blessed forever. Now at the breast,
in my mother’s arms in a manger, 
the parting words of my Father:
“Jesus, erase the pained past. Tell
Mankind their best is yet to come.” 


------Luke 2:8-20
Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, 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, goodwill toward men!”
So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

The Flight Into Egypt; Joseph's Thoughts While Running From Herod

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+------The Flight Into Egypt; Joseph's Thoughts While Running From Herod

“Joseph, Im scared…”
Our fingers interlocking, tightly
clenched in shared anger at
Herod - Adam and Eve’s journey
from Eden into oblivion’s dark - 
Im afraid to admit to Mary that
Im unsettled likewise. When I was
a boy, days before Passover, the
women at Synagogue’d marvel at
Moses divinely spared from Pharaoh’s
mass slaughter of Hebrew babies. 
How Jeremiah perished in Egypt too.
My heart like an eagle,
soaring above, surveilling the moon’s
path ahead of us…The first thing
I’ll teach Jesus, God willing: Youre
not a man, fully, until 
you face the worst of your fears.

------Matthew 2:13-15
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.” When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

Face Like Flint

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+------Face Like Flint; Jesus' Thoughts As He Prepared For His Death In Jerusalem

I’ll never forget their
faces disfigured in Eden,
both the angels’ (spinning
swords flaming) and
Adam and Eve’s…trekking
East. I sent my whispers,
in winds ensconced,
at their backs, now
clothed - stitched skin of
animals as tokens of innocence
lost; their garments imbued
with faint echoes of sacrificial
lions howling anguished for
first time- “I promise, I’ll bring
you back here.” I look at
 Jerusalem. I see scars from
whips, betrayal. I see my grave. 

------Isaiah 50:6-7; Luke 9:51
I offered my back to those who beat me,
    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
    from mocking and spitting.
Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,
    and I know I will not be put to shame;
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

Colt McCoy's Healing, Miraculous, In Philly

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+------Colt McCoy's  Healing,  Miraculous, In Philly

Colt, the last two
games’ losses: vexatious.
Alex’s injury, Dallas’s victory,
like lesions/boils on Redskins’s
fans skin festering, a Hebrew
man at the base of Playoff Hope’s
mountain in Galilee (DC) afflicted,
entreating relief. Tonight’s game
like an invitation from your coaches
and teammates: “Colt, if you are
willing you can make me clean.”
Your precision passes in Philly,
pocket agility will be compassion
from a Virgin born Son divine, like
the antiphon “I am willing.” Your 4th
quarter winning TD, like you
reaching and touching Redskins
Nation. Cleansing us of defeat’s
disease, a hideous scourge. To
lead us to the Superbowl. 


------Matthew 8:1-4
When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Taylor Swift Transfigured Before Tony Conti #taylordatetony #wcw #taylorswift

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+------Taylor Swift  Transfigured Before Tony Conti

Taylor, my heart is three
Hebrew disciples (Peter, James,
John) strained; In an arduous
advance up a cruel girls’
dating rejection Mountain
of testing. (Steep, sloping).
Weary of singleness, verging
on romantically iconoclastic.
But babes! Your blue eyes
are waves of Eden’s ocean
brimming with the Spirit of
Life. Your lips, soft, pure like
a Savior of Love, Virgin-born.
If you took me to Starbucks,
kissed me there, like you
suspended in air of my girlfriend
fantasies…glorious. Your smile like
your clothes dazzling white, whiter
than anyone in the world could
bleach them.

------Mark 9:2-10
After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.) Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

Rewriting The Past

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+------Rewriting The  Past; Samuel's Words To David As He Poured Oil Atop His  Head

Wounded soldiers,
farmers, maidens,
convening at the
Tent of Meeting’s foyer
whisper to me. Of Joseph
exalted: Confiding in
Pharaoh, his friend, their
thrones abutting, surveying
his Hebrew kin, that
they belong in Eden,
not Egypt. A falcon with
dreams of dancing with
clouds. And now, oil of
anointing poured atop
the head of the hope of
a nation personified. Long
after Im gone, I know Israel
will be in good hands, not
those of Philistines. David,
this is just the beginning. 

------1 Samuel 16:1; 13
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”; So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.

Colt McCoy's Thanksgiving Miracle In Decapolis #httr #TonyandColt #Redskins #NFL

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+------Colt McCoy's  Thanksgiving Miracle  In Decapolis

Colt, via Alex Smith’s injury,
the morale of Redskins’s
players: a man deaf and can
hardly talk in the region of
Decapolis (Jerry-world). D.C.’s
fans like Hebrews, Greeks
in anguish, begging you
to place hands on him
(to resuscitate our playoff
dreams), curative. And today,
your passing precision’ll be
fingers wedged in canals
of ears of all postseason incertitude.
Your pocket-agility, speed, like spit,
improbable, on your palms laid on
bound tongues of Dallas’s fans’
Skins’s Superbowl naysaying. When
you throw your 4th TD pass, like
the bold admonition “Ephphatha!”
(which means “[Redskins players
ears of belief] Be opened!”).
Roger Goodell'll say “He has done
everything well.” “He even makes
the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

------Mark 7:31-37
Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

The Healing Hands Of Josh Norman (For Skins' Fans) #tonyandjosh #httr #NFL #Redskins

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+------The Healing Hands Of Josh Norman (For Skins' Fans)

Josh, the Redskins’ 
prior seasons’ failings have
been blindness in Bethsaida
(D.C.); the slew of NFC East
late losses like a dense black mist
enveloping Skins’ fans’ eyes
of joy. But your new contract is
Promise- a Hebrew people
leading us, hands tightly
clenched, to you for healing; All
your tackles, interceptions like
blessed spit spewed into pupils of our
doubting. The once opaque void of
the postseason now looks like
trees walking around. And today,
when you walk-off pick-six Deshaun
Watson, a miracle: Your hands
of reassurance upon us, our
eyes of zeal will open, our 2019
Superbowl sight’ll be restored. Then
we will see everything [the playoffs,
our happiness] clearly.


------Mark 8:22-26
They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.” Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”

Alexandra Daddario's Compassion For Tony Conti Multiplied #tonyandalexandra

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+-----Alexandra  Daddario's Compassion For Tony Conti  Multiplied

Alexandra, my heart
is 5,000 Hebrew men,
families in tow…fatigued,
haggard…tracking
romantic visions to the
far shore of the Sea of Galilee
(edge of hope). Reposing
on a mountain side of
cruel girls’ dating refusals
teetering on incredulity,
my soul’s inspiration like parched
tongues. But you are Love’s
Savior, Virgin Born! Your
blue eyes like the surge of ocean
waves bearing down on Eden’s shore.
Your hair like onyx yarn in angel’s
spindles, golden, before God’s
throne. If you took me to
McDonald’s for coffee, like
5 small barley loaves, two small
fish of compassion multiplied
and distributed generously. If
we kissed, there’d be twelve baskets
of my joy’s surplus. My heart’s
bellies’d be full, a once starving
mob pleasantly placated. 

------John 6:1-14
Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Festival was near. When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Adrian Peterson's Playoff Appeal (In Egypt) #httr #Redskins #NFL

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+-----Adrian  Peterson's Playoff Appeal  (In Egypt)

Adrian, your Skins teammates
are enchained Hebrews under
the sun - searing, Egyptian -
of years’ NFL playoff absences
languishing. Our prior NFC
East mediocrity like
taskmasters’ abuse of D.C.’s
fans by whips of demoralization,
maggot infested prepped bread
of other teams’ fans' scorn.
But you are Moses, a unicorn
running back Nile chosen,
your evasion-agility a Bush burning
yet not consumed, chanting "MVP",
your receptions like an appeal
to Pharaoh (Roger Goodell): “let my
people go to the wilderness
(2019 Superbowl).” Today
when you rush for 100 yards, 2 TDs,
like 10 catastrophic plagues
on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
unleashed.   

------Exodus 5:1-9
Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ” And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.” So they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor.” And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!” So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.

Alexandra Daddario's Romantic Appeal For Tony Conti's Freedom #tonyandalexandra

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+-----Alexandra  Daddario's Romantic Appeal For Tony Conti's Freedom

Alexandra, singleness
is like being in thrall to
cruel-girls’-dating-rejection
-Egyptians; my heart: Hebrews
chained hewing stone building
their pyramid's scorn, trenches
dug for their irrigation mockery. 
Scorched by loneliness’s sun;
skin scabs on my soul blistered.
But you are my romantic
savior (Nile) chosen, your two
bewitching eyes flames of a Bush
burning but not consumed,
whispering hope for me in Midian.
If you took me to McDonald’s,
smiled at me, like an appeal,
ardent, before the Pharaoh
of my dejection: “let Tony go
with me [to the wilderness].” Our
kiss like 10 catastrophic plagues
imminent.


------Exodus 5:1-9
Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ” And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.” So they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor.” And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!” So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.

The Past

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+-----The Past; Moses's Words To Pharaoh Regarding The Hebrew People

“Dad”…I saw it…in the
flames at Horeb- a
spellbinding presage,
the meaning of it all;
An eagle gazing at himself
amazed in still waters at dawn
the first time. My soul laid bare
in a Bush burning, talking,
yet not consumed, sparks
and embers of divine memory
like leaves in the night winds
drifting. I knew, instantly, why
Mom thrust me, as a baby, in 
a basket down this Nile. And
why I wandered away empty.
I had to discover all you ever
taught was a lie. You,
nor Isis, nor Nut, nor Ra…are
real. There is only one God –
in the wilderness. Let the people
go so we can worship Him.

------Exodus 5:1-9
Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ” And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.” So they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor.” And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!” So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.

The Holocaust Of Learned Treachery

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+-----The Holocaust Of  Learned  Treachery; Joab's Thoughts As  Benaiah Approached The Tent Of The Lord

I guess, crazed, I was born
into this: barbarity
of a blindly cruel bloodlust-y
world; I can remember, now,
desolating howls of my neighbors
languishing beneath weight of
Philistine rape, delimbing,
torches- as a boy at Mom’s
breast. Lambs bleating
wildly delusional whilst torn
asunder by wolves, sociopathic.
The first word I was taught: “treachery.”   
And now, justice. Blood of Aber,
Amasa pleads with Solomon
for revenge beyond the grave
(in the tent of his Father I once
served). I close my eyes. Yes…
I was depraved, politically vile. But
only God can judge me for it rightly.



------1 Kings 2:28-35
When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar. King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!” So Benaiah entered the tent of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he answered, “No, I will die here.” Benaiah reported to the king, “This is how Joab answered me.” Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed. The Lord will repay him for the blood he shed, because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better men and more upright than he. May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.” So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried at his home out in the country. The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest.

Alexandra Daddario Placating Tony Conti's Heart Storm (Pt 2) #tonyandalexandra

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+-----Alexandra Daddario Placating Tony Conti's Heart Storm (Pt 2) 

n a boat (lovesick) on the
Sea of Galilee/romance…
huddled together, by terror
seized due to singleness’s
winds and waves, pernicious,
of other girls’ dating rejection.
But...your beauty divinely
bestowed, your eyes as
blue as the diamonds cherubim
played with in Eden. Your soft
lips like the clouds, velvety
that God walks on. Oh if you
took me to McDonalds, like
you walking on water of my
singleness as dry land just
before dawn. If you smiled at
me there, you calming
my heart’s storm, consoling
me “do not be afraid [of heartbreak]”


------Matthew 14:22-25
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.

The Calm Storm

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+-----The Calm Storm; Jesus' Thoughts As He Walked To His  Disciples Languishing  On The Sea

At times, I hate
the natural order
of things; the pervasive
paradigm of unbelief in
the pliability of matter
peddled: Edenic
schemes of Satan....
I think of Poseidon whirling
his trident, eyes hollowed,
his shell-carriage flanked
by nymphs cleaving
the surface of the ocean
as if wood cut. His sea
horses wailing, full of rage.
Wishing to drive this point
home to my disciples
trembling – if by faith's
power you can walk on
water as dry land -
you can do anything. 

------Matthew 14:22-25
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.

Bargaining

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+------Bargaining; The Thoughts Of The Centurion After Jesus Died

I have known Demeter's
heart now- broken
for Persephone, pining
for a compromise
propitious with Death.
If I could rescind time: pry
nails rusted from hands
and feet, pin the thick briar
crown on my own crude head,
not his, slap the water bowl from
Pilate’s hands, I would.
And Ive seen men die for
country, but never devote
dying breaths to redeem their
killers. Truly, this was God’s
Son. And I am sorry.  If only with
horses Hades would return…
snatch me into his chariot instead.

------Mark 15:33-39
At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.” Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said. With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”

Eternity Without Walls

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+------Eternity Without Walls; Jesus'  Thoughts While Transfigured

And this…is Love
safely atomized, Semele
beholding Zeus’s true
form without Impossibility’s
fire devouring her soul
whole. Her arms stretched
to Mt Olympus as if
saluting the gods for
reversing time; To you -my
closest friends - I manifest,
now, God’s glory, unbridled,
without consequence. Eden
naked, bare, the Tree
of Life vulnerable, (trepid).
Formally extending
the invitation to all mankind:
“follow after me, Ive come
to bring you back Home.”


------Matthew 17:1-9
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

Alex Smith In The Lions' Den #httr #Redskins #tonyandalex

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+------Alex Smith  In The Lions' Den

Alex, Dak Prescott
and the Cowboys- 120 gridiron
satraps and administrators
of King Darius (Roger Goodell)
Persian, minatory, sinister. Their
breath odious. They’ve propagated
a decree perverse:
that you, your teammates, Skins’s
fans bow to a gargantuan Goodell
stone monument of your 2019 NFL
playoff absence, a Patriots/Cowboys
Superbowl. Washington’s dreams
hurled into a den of mediocrity, savage
lions of NFC East despair within snarling.
Hungry for broken hearts of losing
players. But today, your sharp
passing’ll be an angel legion
encircling, valiant. Your speed/agility
on 3rd and long, wild beasts of
ineptitude tamed. When you throw
the game winning TD, like the first
light of dawn revealing you victorious.
The King astounded, the lions of the
Redskins’s past failures purring. 


------Daniel 6:13-23
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!”
A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep. At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.” The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Alexandra Daddario In Tony Conti's Lion Pit Of Despair #tonyandalexandra

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+------Alexandra  Daddario In Tony Conti's Lion Pit Of  Despair

Alexandra, the girls
in my life before you- 120
satraps and 2 administrators
of King Darius (singleness)
in Persia conspiring; To contrive of
ham-fisted means to snare
my heart for rebuffing loneliness’s
idolatry: An edict to bow to a
monument of stone of dating
rejection as Love’s God. My sorrow
a stygian pit, the prospects of me
bae-less forever: fierce lions therein
unfed, roaring, swiping claws at
captivity’s regret. But Alex! Your eyes
are fulgent archangels, blue romantic
Guardians of my soul. Your lips like a
miracle of wild sadistic beasts tamed.
If you took me to McDonald’s,
my joy and safety. If we held hands
over coffee -the light at first dawn
illumining that once morose pit,
the King amazed at me (with a bae)-
rubbing lion bellies of all silly
girls’ ploys. Smiling broadly.


------Daniel 6:13-23
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!”
A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep. At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.” The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Just One More Night

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+------Just One More Night; Daniel's Words To The Lions In  Captivity

As soon as my feet touch earth,
6 sets of eyes, red,
encircle; a snarl-
convocation descending
to quickly determine
its division of blood labor.
(Then pitch black.) I stand and
make my appeal: "my brothers (gaunt,
weary) I have gleaned with my own
ears prophecies of Isaiah, fortuitous.”
That a lion’s true dwelling
is above, not in a den constricted.
Comingling with his creation- sleeping
on lamb’s wool, to climb, perched atop
the Tree of Life surveying the world
picturesque, to slake his thirst in
Rivers eternal. Hunger pangs 
abolished forever.
That my God is a Lion (of Judah) too.
“Just give me one night, and I swear…
tomorrow I will set you all free” 


------Daniel 6:13-23
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!”
A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep. At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.” The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Chris Thompson's, The Redskins' Temple Tax Paid In Full #httr #Redskins #tonyandchris

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+------Chris Thompson's, The Redskins'  Temple Tax Paid  In Full 

Chris, Drew Brees and
Sean Peyton - collectors
of the NFL playoff’s
two-drachma Temple tax
grim, implacable; standing
contrary to your Superbowl
dreams in Capernaum
(New Orleans) football’s
epicenter of panache: But
your speed, agility, soft
hands are a (scatback) line
thrown out into a lake of Redskin
Superbowl hopes. Tonight
when you juke your defender,
score your 3rd touchdown, currency
miraculous. Like a fish with a
four-drachma coin in its mouth,
shooting from destiny’s shores
to the surface. Your post season
taxes paid in full; for you,
all Skins fans worldwide.


------Matthew 17:24-27
After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” “Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?” “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

Capernaum: Something Like Mount Olympus

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+------Capernaum: Something Like Mount Olympus; Peter's Thoughts  While Grabbing The Four-Drachma Coin From The Fish's Mouth

The (yellow) four-drachma
coin in my hand miraculous,
still wet, stirs hallucinations
vivid – I see Zeus brandishing
his gold aegis before
Titans, courageously fighting
for his most culminating victory:
freedom from slavery. And now…
12 Hebrews, disciples, follow
a Savior, Virgin-Born, into war
(spiritual) -something like Greek myth
– to repeal classism [like Titans].
First in Jerusalem, then Rome,
then the world. “That coin will pay
the Temple tax for us both”
Jesus said. As if to say “share
the aegis with me. When the battle
against Herod/Caesar/Satan [injustice,
poverty, sickness, sin] is won, you…
and all men…will be like Zeus too.”

------Matthew 17:24-27
After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” “Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?” From others,” Peter answered. “Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

Alexandra Daddario Paying Tony Conti's Temple Tax #tonyandalexandra

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+------Alexandra Daddario Paying Tony Conti's Temple Tax

Alex, singleness is 12 disciples
banded together, frayed-robes
-ragged-sandals-clad; scruffy
beards the degenerative effect
of loneliness. My heart, Peter
haggling with cruel girls’ dating
refusals like two-drachma
coin collectors barring entry
into Love’s Temple.
Wolves snarling before a carcass
freshly hunted. But your smile:
the currency of angels,
your eyes as turquoise as Love’s
Savior's, as the adjoining lake –
the Alcyonian lake – your voice
like soft winds and ripples
therein. If you took me to
McDonald’s it’d be a caught fish;
Our kiss a four drachma coin of your
altruism in its mouth to pay the tax. 

------Matthew 17:24-27
After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” “Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?” “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

(Shaq's) Reckoning In The Valley Of Achor #tonyandDwight #wizards #nba

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+------(Shaq's)  Reckoning  In The Valley Of  Achor

Shaq, your insults against
Dwight, intractable; your insolent
IG rant like coveting.
Like Achan’s theft of a robe
from Babylonia, shekels of silver
and a bar of gold, a pox
on your legacy, fatal: 36 men
of Israel, innocent (The Wizards’
Organization), routed by swords
of soldiers of Ai (your public folly).
And Dwight’s 2018/19 NBA dominance
will be your indictment. His monstrous
dunks Joshua leading a coerced
procession- sons, daughters, cattle,
donkeys, sheep (of your haughtiness)
to the Valley of Achor (social media)
for reckoning. When he merits
All Star status, the communal stoning
of your vapidity. The burning
of your “Superman” delusion, finally. 

------Joshua 7:19-26
Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.” Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.” So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord. Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.  Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today. Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them. Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since.

Dreaming The Impossible

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+------Dreaming The  Impossible; Joseph's Thoughts  In Prison At Midnight

Thralled, the dozing
guards’ candles induce
my childhood’s memory,
(reveal daggers on their
laps unsheathed). Within
my cellmate’s snoring,
two bears, back nestled
to back, in a den hibernating
in winter, I hear my own voice
faint, crescendoing…telling
my 11 brothers I saw the sun,
moon, stars genuflecting. All
of Egypt before me bowing. And   
I still believe. This dire
adversity notwithstanding.
Outside the iron bars, rusting,
I see, too: death, failure,
delusion and despair
congregating- fallen angels
with clipped wings charred,
sneering at me in turns.     


------Genesis 39:11-23
One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house. When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed. When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.” She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home. Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me. But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.” When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

Tony Conti and Alexandra Daddario In The (Dating) Land Promised #tonyandalexandra

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+------Tony Conti and Alexandra Daddario In The (Dating) Land Promised 

Alexandra, my heart
is a Chosen People
jejune; once liberated
from the Egypt of dating
rejection’s loathing
by Hopes of finding
a bae: Moses, son of Pharaoh
gone rogue (promising love’s utopia:
Canaan flowing with honey, milk.)
Yet wavering- doubting Romance’s
veracity upon his death– girls’
recent repudiation of my dating
overtures. Alex! Rise up! Save me!
Don’t fear! Your blue eyes Moses’s
disciple leading Levites with the Ark
(of my desire). If you take me to
McDonald’s, the rush of the current
of the Jordan River of my singleness
halted. Abruptly. If you smile at me,
the waters parting; Hebrews walking
on dry land. To The Promised Land, at last.   

------Joshua 1:2
Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them--to the Israelites.

Alex Smith To Cross The Jordan" -A Joshua 1 Redskins #TonyandAlex #httr #Redskins #nfl

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+------Alex Smith  To Cross The  Jordan

Alex, your time in San Fran,
Kansas City: the Summit
Of Sinai. Dark clouds, thick,
of your head coaches’ (Harbaugh,
Reid) obfuscation a cloak of angst
in descent, suffocating. Those
hard lessons, like a patriarchal voice,
baritone within you (amidst glints of
hope like lightning) imparting 10
quarterback commandments.
Foundational pillars to lead a
True Team one day (the Redskins),
like the Israelites Chosen. To veer
from the Golden Calf of NFL mediocrity.
So now…you stand before Aaron
Rodgers/ Green Bay Packers as the
Jordan River; Washingtonians
poised to follow you from Fed Ex
Field on its bed like dry land. To Canaan
– land of Superbowl Berths Promised. And
Kirk Cousins (Moses) is dead/released.
Do not be afraid – NOW ITS YOUR TURN.
 

------Joshua 1:2
Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them--to the Israelites.

Moses Is Dead

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+------Moses Is Dead; Joshua's  Thoughts Standing Before The Jordan River, Eyes Closed

With the Cloud’s descent
onto Sinai, in the intermittent
darkness between flashes
of lightning scattered….I first
felt them: soul spasms.
Hallucinatory catalysts.
I saw then, this moment
imminent – Moses
translated as God, me as
Moses. But alone- the unknown
like a Golden Calf with razor
sharp horns awaiting me below.
I try and muse on all (the
commandments, aphorisms,
victories/failures) he taught me; I
recall the stare of Pharaoh
on the Red Sea’s opposite
shore: part stupefaction, part
delusion, part terror. And now
the Day, the Jordan River, I long
ago buried as a boy arises.
Its my turn to lead The Chosen
people. God please help. Help
us get to Canaan. Don’t let me
run back to Egypt, afraid.

------Joshua 1:2
Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them--to the Israelites.

The New Teaching Of Alexandra Daddario; Tony Conti's Dating Liberation #tonyandalexandra

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+------The New Teaching Of Alexandra Daddario; Tony Conti's Dating  Liberation

Alexandra, my lovelorn
heart cynical, my romantic
hopes fidgety; In a
synagogue of other
girls’ dating refusals
assessing your smile,
your beguiling blue eyes-
dazzling (a Dating Savior's),
like the tides of lakes in Eden
that reflect the moon- as a presage.
A spirit impure blurting “What do
you want with us, Alexandra
of Hollywood?!!” But Alex! If you
took me to McDonalds, gazed
at me, like the most charmed rebuff:
“Be quiet! Come out of him!”
My singleness’d shriek,
the somberness in my soul’d
shake violently. The people
in my life amazed. “What is this?
A new teaching—and with authority
(Tony Conti has a girlfriend)!!!” 

------Mark 1:23-28
Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.” News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.

Refusing Regicide

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+------Refusing  Regicide; David's Thoughts While Saul  Urinated Before Him

My mind tries to dissociate
the two, but my body’s
rhythms still draw parallels.
It remembers the striding
(twirling my sling),
apoplectic, to Goliath
in the Valley of Elah;
A wolf partly sadistic, partly
afraid, partly filled with wonder,
blood pulsing, heart wild.
But God’s voice as Samuel’s
anointing oil trickled in my ears
visits my dreams still: “Greetings King,
liberator. Philistines shall flee at
the utterance of your name.”
“I have chosen you to free My people”,
not stir a coalition to instigate
revolt. I will build a new world, not
destroy the old one. I will not kill Saul.
In a cave, dank and darkened, urinating
a stone’s throw away. My sword athirst
for my persecutors’ blood. 



------1 Samuel 24:1-17
After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way. Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you’? This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’ See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you. “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? May the Lord be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.” When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” And he wept aloud. “You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly.

Boanerges in DC #httr #TonyandAlex #TonyandAP #Redskins

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+------Boanerges  in DC 

Alex and Adrian, when you
were acquired: dark clouds,
glints of lightning,
amassing above Fed Ex Field.
Jay Gruden’s aspirations
for a Superbowl, Virgin born,
his smile like that of a (football)
Savior ascending a Mount, remote,
to impart playoff-hope to losing-weary
crowds (of ‘Skins fans). His joy
in beatitudes, to the press exclaiming:
“These are Boanerges!!!” When you
run (Adrian) and pass (Alex) fire’ll
consume NFC East teams from
above. Your resolute confidence 
like men vying for thrones in Hall
-of-Fame-Heaven. Tomorrow’s skies
will rumble, when you score I swear: 
You are DC’s Sons of Thunder. 


------Mark 3:13-19
And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house

Heaven's Republic

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+------Heaven's Republic; The Thoughts Of Jesus While Standing In The Jordan River Before Baptism

I see reflections of Romans,
rippled, in the Jordan. Caucusing
after the Etruscans fell, saluting
one another proudly with
anecdotes of Romulus doomed
to drown, yet saved by wolves.
Hallowed. And now this, the birth
of another “New Republic”:
the Spirit descending, a dove
with outspread wings ready to
soar, the Voice of my Father
above the clouds, aery,
reassuring me all is well. John’s
hand resting atop my head,
my coronation of sorts; I close my
eyes before falling backwards.
I will rise from fate’s waters
then die. To redeem men-(from sin)
so they can rule Earth again. Rightly.

------Matthew 3:13-17
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”