Sunday, May 22, 2011

3099. THIS HAPPENSTANCE CATHEDRAL

THIS HAPPENSTANCE
CATHEDRAL

Corral the intimidator! Beat down all those
who follow! Decimate the renegades!
Let's take back the hollow!
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Just like that, the words dropped from the
book. We were outside Grant's Tomb and
someone named Brother Joseph was
spouting his revolution. A few distracted
tourists squirmed, having themselves
just left the cathedral nearby. Riverside.
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'We are so confused,' the one said. 'Being
hard from Indiana, I'm not sure I understand
this querulous story he's peddling, and why
here, at Grant's Tomb? Does it mean anything?
Is it connected to Riverside Cathedral's politics too?
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I gave them a simple answer. 'Here is a place, you
see, dear folk, where everything is connected to
everything else. You should be glad to witness it all.
Like nothing else in the USA, and Indiana then be
damned - not that I'm meaning anything bad by that,
and 'A' never does have to follow 'B', you see.'
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Corral the Intimidator!
Beat down those who Follow!
It's all the very same to me.

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