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

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+-----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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+------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

Kirk Cousins's (Superbowl) Construction In Jerusalem #TonyandKirk #KirkisNehemiah

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+------Kirk Cousins's (Superbowl) Construction In Jerusalem

Kirk, the Redskins’ short
season thus far, a city of playoff
aims razed, fortified wall of stone
toppled; 3 NFC East losses,
rocks strewn and scattered over
fossilized ash of January’s Giants
game, Skins’ fans’ grief, bits
of torn clothing of a Hebrew people
raided, looted by Babylon. But in Seattle,
the newfound favor of a king, Artaxerxes
of Persia, granting permission for
construction in Jerusalem. Your QBR,
supervision of gathering supplies,
Chris Thompson’s runs, iron for locks
and bars for gates. Your 4th quarter TD
passes to Terrelle Pryor, axe picks and
saws filing down, stacking rock slabs with
mortar. A win: The Superbowl-Wall rebuilt
around Fed-Ex field in just 52 days. Russell
Wilson, Richard Sherman: Sanballat the
Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official
(L.O.B) seething mad.

------Nehemiah 2:16-20; 6:15-16 
The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because as yet I had said nothing to the Jews or the priests or nobles or officials or any others who would be doing the work. Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.” I also told them about the gracious hand of my God on me and what the king had said to me. They replied, “Let us start rebuilding.” So they began this good work. But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?” I answered them by saying, “The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it. ; So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.

From Boat To Liberation #IamPeter

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+------From Boat To Liberation; Peter's Thoughts As He Walked Out To Jesus On The Waters 

At the fishing ports, I hear
pagans murmuring of former glories
of Etruscans, Hebrews whispering
of David’s diamond laced scepter.
It’s as if we cant shake phantasms
of brigades of Nebuchadnezzar marching,
torches ablaze, echoes of Levites
wailing, hurled at the inner court
of Solomon’s temple smoke-filled.
Our psyche is slavery (distinctly Roman),
our expectation Caesar’s, not our own.
But deep within I have known our
liberation, visions of a Savior
prophesied born to show us the way.
The way to walk atop the impossible,
feet on water of despair as if dry land, telling
us: now is the time to hold fast to dreams.

------Matthew 14:22-29
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. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

John Wall Deposing Four (Cavs) Kings; The NBA Father Of Nations #TonyandWall

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+------John Wall Deposing Four (Cavs) Kings; The NBA Father Of Nations 

John, the 2018 fate of the Wizards,
Lot and his possessions
dwelling in antiquity’s Sodom,
awaiting future glory (of chosen
people, of NBA champions) draped
in mystery, presently. And Lebron,
Wade, Love, and Rose- four (Cavs)
Kings merciless, Kedorlaomer of Elam,
Tidal of Goyim, Amraphel of Shinar,
Arioch of Ellasar; Marauders
unscrupulous, intent on
snatching Lot. The loss of his life, the
torment of Wizards’ fans. But tonight
your basketball skills like 318 trained
men born in your household on a rescue
mission. Your assists, dunks, defense,
like crazed battalions, attacking, routing
Bron as far as Hobah, north of Damascus
(Cleveland, Ohio).  And you are
Abram, soon to be Abraham, this year's
NBA Champion. Father of Nations.

------Genesis 14:8-17
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five. Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom. A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan.  During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people. After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

The Five Loaves and Two Fish Shared By Taylor Swift and Tony Conti (At Starbucks) #TaylorDateTony

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+------The Five Loaves and Two Fish Shared By Taylor Swift and Tony Conti  (At Starbucks) 

Taylor, singleness is
my heart a trammeled crowd
in a remote place, my emotions
sundry village folk chasing 
chimeras in Galilee, dating politics 
of girls cruel like tracking Savior-
prophecy expectations (of romance)
far from the countryside, hungered.
My joy once 5,000 hardy men
with wives, children
peppy, reduced to languishing
in groups of hundreds and fifties
waiting to date, hoping; Sheep wandering,
with no where left to graze. But babes,
your pretty smile, divine, like one
born of  a Virgin. Your angel-blue eyes
five loaves broken and two fish,
your soft lips disciples distributing
passion, desire to the masses. If you
took me to Starbucks, kissed me
…my soul forever fed by Love’s mercy.

------Mark 6:35-44
By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late. Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” But he answered, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?” “How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.” Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.  They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.