the ignorance in
common men
there is a palpable downtick in joy
when he gets into the long post office line
hello sal
hello judy
he taps the guy in front of me
hello richie
richie is carrying too many packages
his whole life looks soured confronted with this guy
hello eddie, he says
then richie tries to turn back around
but eddie…
you see i don’t got my cast no more, huh richie
richie nods
i’m still supposed to have it but i took it off
why’d you do that, eddie?
because of god, he says
i prayed to god and he told me it was time
to take the cast off
richie nods like he knows the mysteries of god
the doc told me, when i put a cast on you
i put it on there for a reason
that so, eddie?
yeah, but i told him my god told me to take it off
so i did
eddie says, the doctor couldn’t find nothing wrong with the leg
but you’re still limping, richie says
eddie shakes his head and says,
all these ignorant people
these non-believers and these atheists
what are they gonna do in the end?
i don’t know, eddie, richie says
i’m a confident man, eddie says
i’m secure in my faith and i’m not no heathen
i know that god is real and can’t no one tell me different
eddie starts to sing
make me a channel of
your peace
where there is hatred
let me bring your love
hello sarah
hello joey
as more people come in the post office
they don’t say anything to eddie
because they’ve been indoctrinated in his faith before
and richie has already turned back around
involved in packages to granddaughters and siblings
these people, eddie says to aloud and to himself
such ignorance
they just don’t know
they just don’t realize
that god could stop their heart at any minute
if he wants me to have a limp for the rest of my life
let it be his will
eddie goes back to singing
where there is injury,
your pardon lord
and where there is
doubt, true faith in you
it’s a revival that none of us can escape
then eddie taps me on the shoulder and says,
i know i’m going to heaven brother
what about you?
sure, i tell him
right to heaven in a hand basket
if i ever survive this post office line.
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