Papa Augusto's Cosmic Journey (a Poem) |
By: Dennis Siluk Ed.D. Posted: 2008-01-12 02:47:08 |
"I was just there;
I don't know how I got there...." That is what Papa Augusto said to me at the dinner table this evening (New Years Day-2008)."I asked the Lord (he said), 'why did you send me to a planet without people?"Before he could follow-up on the question (or perhaps ask the question again), the Lord had sent a few spacecraft his way; they were now landing, and a number of folks were dropped off in what papa called 'lifesavers,' and the few spacecraft that had come left, the same way.Now as papa looked about, there were men and women: the women had long necks and bodies like guitars (so he said, and didn't really comment on the men per se, except for, they were white with hats)."If you love me," said the Lord to Papa Augusto, as he walked about, "if you love me, I'll bring you to another planet...!" said the Lord. And then papa woke up, I had come home with my wife, his daughter, and we sat down and had steak and noodles.I guess you could say, I stopped his dreaming, and pulled him out of a wrecked car cursing about on an isolated, but now somewhat full planet. I wasn't sure where he was going with all this, but I was holding my fork and knife, ready to chop into my steak, and figured: he was on his own, meanwhile his facial expression innocent, collapsed on the ground, he smiled, and the rest of the story went barreling through town, in a black limousine, and we ate heartily.I mean to say, I never got the rest of the story, and if he had it, he never shared it. But a dream is just a dream: perhaps fears or desires or even wishes. In this case maybe an old man just wanted to be listened to, old folks never get much of that, and I suppose anyone who can tell a good story like that, deserves a minute or two at any dinner table.#2133 1-1-2008See Dennis' web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com |
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