Holy Silence

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+------Holy Silence;  The Thoughts Of The Viirgin  Mary Holding Her Dead Son In Her  Hands

So this is the soul piercing sword
(with sinister serrated edge) Simeon
warned of; Satan’s brinkmanship
blood game, the consequence
for allying myself with angels'
counter rebellion. Heaven’s coup to see
Caesar deposed, Rome’s monopoly,
monstrous, razed. But still,
even now the cries of Hebrew babies
unfed are grating, a beckoning of
my conscience from slumber like
a rooster’s crow before sunrise. 
If I had to do it all again, to birth,
to love with my heart
whole just to have it riven, I would.
Because you were all my dreams
fleshed finally. A man like you can
never die truly. Your memory lives on
(in me, in Jerusalem)...forever inspiring.

------John 19:25-30
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

The Giant Of Playoff Absences Felled

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+------The Giant Of Playoff  Absences Felled

Adrian, the Redskins’ years’
playoff absences…a Philistine
massive. Six cubits and a span,
frothing at the mouth twirling
before NFL fans failure-taunting,
spewing Washington-DC-
empty-winter-stadium pejoratives.
(Epithets for the god of Joe Gibbs.)
And our current players, coaches,
like soldiers of Saul cowering
before mediocrity’s threat. But you’re
a shepherd boy preternaturally brave. Born
In Bethlehem (birthplace of running
-backs divine). Your speed a sling,
your agility five smooth stones. In 2018,
when you lead the league in rushing,
touchdowns, like David hasting into battle
for glory: a stone in the head of losing;
Goliath impaled finally. The Lombardi trophy
in your hands like Losing’s huge head
dangled.

------1 Samuel 17:20-27
Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other. David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were. As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear. Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.” 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.

Alexandra Daddario: Tony Conti's Heart-Sling #TonyandAlexandra

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+------Alexandra Daddario: Tony Conti's  Heart-Sling

Alexandra, your gorgeous
eyes, spellbinding, are a sling
(of joy) I set atop my chest
sleeping in Bethlehem; in my pasture
of dating failures, encircled
by loneliness like sheep frazzled,
snoring. Your smile, resplendent
as stars, five smooth stones of
precognitive gratitude tucked in
my robe of romantic ideation. 
Oh babes! If you took me out
to eat, like a jolt of courage
divine to face the giant crass,
blasphemous Philistine of singleness.
If you gazed at me…my heart’d run
like an unheralded shepherd boy
chasing glory. Hurling a stone to
the eyebrows of me-with-no-girlfriend.
Your kiss like the head of Goliath
in my hands, swaying in cold winds.   

------1 Samuel 17:20-27
Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other. David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were. As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear. Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.” 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.

A King's Dreams

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+------A King's Dreams;  David's Thoughts As He Ran  Toward Goliath To Fight

Years ago I'd startle my flock, my
flailing arms battering them from
stasis, rustling leaves speckled
onto the pasture by night winds;
Beneath the (destined) stars
dreaming: Disembodied
fangs’d circle above me
then swoop, I’d hear crescendos
of growling before
waking in a defensive stance surly.
So now this: the mighty men
of Israel bleating. Timid and courage-
sheered sheep before a huge Philistine
profane. …..Ive killed lion, bear
for intimating things much worse.
My robe-sleeves are frayed, collar
smeared with dried offenders' blood. And
…Ive slung rocks at trees howling at
the moon for a time like this- When
a forgotten debased shepherd boy
leaves sheepfold for throne. A Giant's
head mounted on my foyer wall. Forever.

------1 Samuel 17:20-27
Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other. David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were. As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear. Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.” 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.

Bread For Hope

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+------Bread For Hope; The Thoughts Of The Raven That Brought  Bread To Elijah

When I was a fledgling
in the nest, I recall over-
hearing my ancestors’ lore,
postdiluvian. How a righteous
man saved us from the
rain’s tyranny; the sky 40 days
void – the black storm clouds
marauding both sun and moon.
Blaring peals of thunder briefly
muting gargling, screaming of men,
beasts drowning. They say it
was a white raven, no dove,
that gave Noah the olive branch
(hope) as the rainbow appeared.
And now, innumerable years later,
another righteous man’s joy waning.
It is a cherished honor to hunt; To
drop bread, meat in the ravine
as food for Elijah. To return the favor. 


------1 Kings 17:2-6
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

Alex Smith's Food Miraculous #TonyandAlex #httr #Redskins #NFL

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+------Alex Smith's Food Miraculous

Alex, the Redskins franchise
is a Prophet fearful, Elijah
beleaguered; Terrorized by
agonizing latter-season NFC
East losses- Ahab, King of Israel
(Fed Ex Field) malevolent.
….This winter retreating
to the Kerith Ravine (Bon
Secours Training Center)
starving, hope scant. But
you are a Raven sleek, our
free agent with eyes black
as a night without moon and
stars, bereft of pupils. And this
eve, when you accrue 1st downs
against the Jets: bread and meat
for D.C.’s team. When you score using
play action passes, like water from
the brook in the cupped hands
of Redskins fans thirsty for
a winning season. The playoffs.

 -----1 Kings 17:2-6
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

The Thatched Basket Of Taylor Swift's Mercy Shown To Tony Conti's Love Life #taylordatetony #taylorswift #wcw #tmz

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+------The Thatched Basket Of Taylor Swift's Mercy Shown To Tony Conti's Love Life

Taylor, my lonely heart
is a disciple of Love’s Gospel
on the lam, a dove displaced
by the Great Flood of fate;  like
Saul tossed from his high horse
of dating cynicism by romance’s
purest attestations. And unrequited
smiles from unfeeling underhanded
girls…like Pharisees and Sadducees
scheming to persecute my soul’s
hope for a bae in Damascus
(Joy’s capital). But babes! your
smile bright, your eyes blue, your
lush lips a cohort of empathetic
disciples of a New Way. Of
Kindness. If you took me to
Starbucks, kissed me…men,
women, children lowering
my soul down loneliness’s wall
in a thatched basket of charm.
Far away from rejection’s harm.
Freed to be happy again.

------Acts 9:21-25
But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

In A Basket Reborn

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+------In A Basket Reborn; Paul's Thoughts While Being Lowered From A Wall In Damascus

As Christians lay cloaks
(my atonement for those lain
at my feet as Stephen was stoned) 
over the lowered basket’s rim,
concealing the nape of my
neck, my head pressed
against my folded arms shaking:
Joseph of Arimathea rolling
the stone across the mouth of
Jesus’ tomb. His descent,
our descent. My soul wandering in
fear of Hades’ unknown; I watch
my whole life unfurled sequentially
like a scroll in 10 minutes’ span. 
When I feel ground, I pull back my 
shroud and gaze at the moon
commissioned to tell the world - night
is ending. The New Dawn…the
chance to live life again, fully…is here. 


------Acts 9:21-25
But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

The Passover

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+------The Passover; Moses's Thoughts Waiting For The Angel Of Death To Walk By

When I was a boy, my
“father”, would speak to us
of his apotheosis after death.
To live among stars, his smile
a glimmer within constellations.
A distinction of Pharaohs with
a life’s worth of righteous living. 
(Now a Hebrew’s irony) A glory he
wished to pass to his sons. One day.
And now this – the dead of night,
a moon beaming fully, augustly,
a just cosmic judge presiding
over it all. My wife trembling beside
me refusing to let go; Blood of
lambs from a basin smeared
on our tent’s doorposts with
hyssop leaves. We swear we
hear the thunder of a stampede
approaching, the most morbid
whistling, cold winds in summer from
a scythe swung spastically for all
Egypt’s firstborn males. The Angel
of Death is coming.


------Exodus 12:21-30
Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

Singleness's Passover Of Tony Conti's Love Life (At Starbucks With Taylor Swift) #taylordatetony #wcw #taylorswift

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+------Singleness's Passover  Of Tony Conti's Love Life (At Starbucks With Taylor Swift)

Taylor, your blue eyes are
the sweetest hyssop petals
taking in lambent beams of Egypt’s
moon, eager. Your lips
a basin full of lamb’s blood
without spot or blemish,
prepped in romantic haste. 
And my loneliness is a scythed
marauding angel hissing towards
the bivouac of my impecunious,
fretful dating life…black hooded
robe, sharp fangs of cruel girls’
rejections for molars. Oh babes!
But if you took me to Starbucks,
blood smeared on the top
and sides of hope’s doorframe.
If we kissed there, an exemption
from lovelornness: the death
of the firstborn of Pharaoh's odds
of me with another broken heart.
The prospect of singleness’d
pass by my tent…forever.

------Exodus 12:21-30
Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.