A horse is a horse is a horse is sometimes a piece of jade I got in China a long time ago...

I listened in church this morning... and tried once again to figure out how to tell what was real and made good sense... and what was more or less wishful thinking.

Pass the Vinegar

Ask any child.
The Yellow Brick Road theory of life
falls apart all too quickly with the death of a favorite fish
or a dog
who isn't a dog at all
but is Maggie or Molly or Rex
or my god how do you stand it
death of Grandmother or Daddy
or the baby who doesn't have a name yet.
The child knows.

Dr. Pangloss was a fool
and so is the Sunday School teacher
who insists that the way to avoid pain is to trust god
with a capital CHRIST.
He knew better up there on the cross...
Pass the vinegar.