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I've decidedthat if Jesus came to Earth now,
he'd probably smoke cigarettes
and always fall in love
with the wrong person.
If we wake up at night
and can't get back to sleep,
I could teach him
how to un-love his neighbor
and he could tell me
what the salty water feels like
under his feet.
He might wear his hair in a ponytail
and his eyes would crinkle when he smiles,
and I would smile too,
then pause
and in a small voice ask him what hell was like,
and is there any way to get someone back
if they've already gone too far?
He would take a drag on his cigarette,
nod kindly at the two boys holding hands,
and say that hell is more a state of being
than an afterlife, and no amount of love
can rescue someone from their own mind.
I thought so, I would say, not mentioning
the nights I've cried myself to sleep
trying anyway.
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Doubtful, but I'm not going to say anything so it is kind of irrelevant.
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Just a bit.
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Yeah.......
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Um, first, to quote Family Guy: "I don't know who any of those people are."
Second, that is blasphemous! Jesus not loving the right person? Accepting gays? Spreading vicious lies? At least it's less boring than the straight-as-a-pin cereal-box Jesus. And you just gave me an idea...
Oh yeah, and the actual poem (silly me, I almost forgot in all my bigotry). I'm a sucker for rhymes, I've come to find. So even though this is more of a free verse, I like the tiny bit of rhyming. It seems almost Shakespearian, especially the way you rhymed the last two lines. Was that intentional? As far as the actual content, it seems like something I'd expect from Connor, aside from the romance. That probably made it your own. Oh, and the smoking (blegh).
Was it just one question you could ask God? Because I've got pretty much a notebook full in my head.
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-tears- It saddens me that you quoted FG.
I know, I'm so terrible. My Jesus-es usually are. OoO, what's the idea?
Wait...I rhymed?? -goes back to look- I did? I was completely unaware of any rhyming whatsoever. It does seem sort of Connor-esque, but yes, adding the romance is sort of a trademark of mine, I suppose. I was waiting for that.
Yes, it was. And none of mine were appropriate for the ears in the room, so I politely refrained. I do too.
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I couldn't have gotten my point across any better. Why does that make you sad? The creators of that show are pretty smart.
A cereal-box Jesus! I'm not sure what's going to go along with that, but I like that word for describing something really clichΓ©d. I may use it in a poem now. Oh god... I think I've caught the Jesus bug....
Yes. Once, and then the last two lines. Shakespeare, as you probably know, usually (if not always) rhymed the last two lines in a scene in most of his plays. At least, from what I've read.
You know it's true, though. I mean, Connor may have pictured him smoking, but romance and smoking? That's definitely you.
Oh. Well then. I would have taken the opportunity to ask something that seemed nice on the surface - really innocent - but actually led to traitorous thoughts. 'Cos that's the way I roll.
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Because my little brothers say everything in Peter's voice. And they quote him at moments where it makes no sense.
Makes me think of the bobble-head Jesus I saw once. You should. It could be part of an epidemic. Because the bug is definitely spreading.
Oh. Well, I'm glad I have you to point these things out to me. And I did not know that. But now I do.
Oh course. Because he would definitely fall in love with the wrong people. Because he'd be sort of innocent.
Sounds like JB. Although both of his questions were pretty good.
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But I don't talk in Peter's voice, and that was totally relevant. Sorry...
OoO I want one!
Oh. I finished Henry V yesterday, I think. As far as literary genius, that I really doubt. Julius Caesar, in my opinion, is the best out of the three I've read, followed by Romeo and Juliet, and then Henry V, but the last two are close together. Julius Caesar was actually pretty good, but I don't think Shakespeare deserves all the praise he gets, based on what I've read.
Jesus? Son of the omniscient God? >.>
By the way, have you heard of Jesus 2.0? He's based on the Cornerstone Church's version of Jesus, and part of a story that Connor and I are never going to write. He's the reborn Jesus, he's totally ripped, and he goes around and beats down non-believers with an iron rod.
I think we both enjoy that seemingly innocent, sarcastic humour.
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-snorts- Well...all right.
Thought you might. The only place I know they sell them is in Philly.
R&J is definitely not a fave. Because I always end up thinking that they were so stupid. And I always hope that Bill was poking fun at them. I agree though, he's not one of my favourites. Although I think I would like him better if we learned all his stuff by acting it out, as it's meant to be.
Hekk yeah! Daddy knows best. But Jesus, who loves everyone anyway, loves the wrong person too much.
No, can't say I ever have. But. It definitely sounds like it would make me giggle. Quite loudly.
Oh, for certain.
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That would definitely be more entertaining. We sort of did that with Romeo and Juliet, and a tiny, tiny bit of the story before The Odyssey, but nothing amazingly fun. And we also had to remember a soliloquy, which wasn't that great.
X.X God.
That would be the goal, yeah.
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You might like. It's dirty, probably one of the dirtiest cities in America, but...it's pretty interesting, particularly their metro.
Really? You acted Romeo and Juliet out? That would make it a bit more interesting, I think. Which soliloquy? Hamlet's?
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Oh. Maybe not, then.
Um, well, not really. We were each assigned a character and read from the five pound hardback books, and there were maybe four props for the class. There was no stage, with a long table for Juliet's bed. And very few people realised that just because the play is written as a poem, there isn't any need to stop at the end of every line.
Sorry, it wasn't a soliloquy, but sort of two separate monologues. One by Romeo, the other by Juliet. I did Juliet's.
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Hehe, sorry to turn you off of the City of Brotherly Love.
Oh yech. That's no fun at all. That's just class-reading nonsense. OMG, I hate it when people do that! It drives me out of my mind. And when they read everything in a monotone.
Probably the most famous ones right? The one where he's beneath her balcony?
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Meh... I didn't really plan on going there anyway. Unless I had a reason to.
Yeah. It 'tis rather sad. And yes, the popular ones.
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Meh. They always do the popular stuff. I swear, Englsih classes would all be the same if not for Mrs. G.
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I wonder if you would have liked my 4th/5th/6th grade teacher. She did a lot of interesting stuff, all though she was hardly ever 'conventional'. Sort of like Goodwin, except not as open and more blatantly intellectual.
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I like unconventional people. They're more interesting. So I probably would've liked her.
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We were lucky enough in fourth grade to actually have two classrooms available to us: one full size classroom, and another that was something of a 'science room', all though it was nearly the same size. It was a large class, though; 4th and 5th grade mixed together.
All throughout fourth grade, a lot of days we would go and read in the science room. It was sort of cosy with everyone crammed in there, and we got to sit on the floor. The books were rather good as well. That was a pretty good year.
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Where on earth did you go to school? That sounds like something that would happen in a small Christian school.
That would be so nice. I think they should let you do that in high school -- just have a big room with bean bags and books. And throw stuff at anyone who's loud and obnoxious.
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Ah, that was one teacher and one school, for just a year. The next year we had to reliquish both rooms to the special needs children and were subsequently moved to a trailer. x.x
It was.... Duquette's room is almost like that. Minus the bean bags. And while the atmosphere isn't quite as nice, I'm rather sure it's better than most other high schools.
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Is it wrong to laugh at that in a sort of bitter, "But of course!" manner? Because I did. <,<
The bean bags make the room though! Yeah, I'll second that.
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Probably so. But that's okay, 'cos I did too. X.X
That trailer sucked! The doors were open a lot in the spring, and bees and usually wasps would fly in. And even now (all though definitely not as much) I'm afraid of stinging flying stuff, so I hated that. There was also much less room. But we were (hah!) allowed to do our independent work on the floor. Which may be where I subconsciously picked up my love of doing that.
Hey, there's always the nice, comfy floor....
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Oh blegh. I couldn't concentrate, I'd be too worried that something was going to land on me. So that's where you get it!
The floor is not really comfortable. It makes parts of my body go numb.
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Exactly. I hated it. One day a wasp flew in and landed on the ceiling right above me, and we waited until it left to go to lunch because (as my teacher told me afterwards) she didn't want it to get frightened and attack. That made me dislike them even more. And yeah, that might be it. I've never thought of that before.
Oh. Well, my knees always hurt when I get up, and my legs sort of lock so I have to limp for a bit before I can walk again, but aside from that, it's not too bad. Except a few years ago, when we (our family of 17) went on vacation to a house in the mountains. There was this glass table with chairs all around it, and we used it to play board games and cards and stuff on it. Me and my older cousins probably played for three or four hours, and then when I went to bed, my butt was really sore. XD It was hard to get to sleep, 'cos it was so sore. Everything was better in the morning, but that night sucked trying to fall asleep.
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Awww. I'd be pissed if I had to wait for some bug to move before I got my lunch. I have no real reason to dislike them, I just don't.
Yay for old people knees! -winces- 3 or 4 hours? That's insane. My butt would've skipped sore and gone directly to numb. Which is possible. That's such a strange reason to be unable to sleep.
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Well, she sorta went on with the class like everything was normal. It wasn't like we were just sitting there looking at each other. Why would you get so mad over five minutes? They've never stung me, but that's most likely because I've been really careful to avoid them. It's sort of strange, because I don't really mind needles, but I really don't want to get stung.
If it was numb, I don't think it would have been a problem. It must have been the way I was sitting, 'cos that's the only time it's ever happened. Oh, and with church on the beach. It was forty-five minutes of sitting on a towel. On the hard sand. I wanted to stand up so bad I nearly started crying. Church sucks.
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Oh, well, that would be a little bit better. I just don't like the idea of having to wait for no reason. And I'd be really hungry. From what I've heard, needles and bee stings are two completely different sensations. Because I love needles.
It's just a weird feeling when you stand up. You must have good circulation, or something. You had church on the beach, but without actual chairs? That's...different.
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But, but there was a reason. I didn't want to get stung! Self control.
I think it was once a year, for Easter. We all sat on towels. It happens on car rides sometimes. That really sucks, too, because you can't really do anything. But that's the only time I couldn't sleep because of it. XD
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You totally could've made it out without getting stung.
Ahh, and in Easter, it's still a bit chilly. That's weird, but whatevs. Well, in a car you can sort of shift around. At least, I can.
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But with twenty kids all trying to rush out of a tiny trailer, I think it could have taken it's pick.
It wasn't that time. Or maybe it was, but I wasn't focused on that at the time.
That works sometimes, but not always. >.>
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Well, if you went very slowly, I think you'd be ok.
Yes, I would imagine your mind might be occupied...elsewhere.
No, not always.
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Oh well. At least no one got hurt in the end. And everyone got their lunch. I had mine the whole time, though, since from 1st grade on I brought mine.
Yeah. That wasn't fun. At all.
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Yes, at least that. Oh, well then you had nothing to be upset about. Sneaky.
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I wasn't upset. You were.
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-mouth open, waiting to contradict- Oh...well, then. Hmmh.
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down mood? is everything okay?
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Yesh dahling, just sort of feeling the tiniest bit emo for no reason. It happens.
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Okies...Just be okay, okay?
*huggles*
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Okay. -hugglez back-
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Loves you!
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