Ricci: The Bible says we have to bless each other so we can live in love. So, I’m sending you this message. Today is a day of blessing! I bless you. Your heart. Your health. Your home. Your life. In the name of Jesus.
Me: You going to church now?
Ricci: Yes, I do go to church. Don’t you go?
Me: No
Ricci: I will pray for you
Me: Good. I need the prayer and you need the practice.
Ricci: Bless you! Do you believe in anything?
Me: It’s all a mystery to me. I know I don’t go for that fundamentalism stuff I was raised on. You still indulge?
Ricci: I drink a beer or two.
Me: Ok. You still burn one?
Ricci: Sometimes
Me: Ok. Sounds like you aren’t a fundamentalist, either.
Ricci: Oh, I forgot. You’re a Democrat
Me: And you’re not. I should have known back when you were ordering all of those Brandy Alexanders. Do you believe in science?
Ricci: I believe in the Son, the Father, and the Holy Ghost
Me: Ok. But, do you believe in science?
Ricci: No!
Me: What do you do when you are sick? Do you take any meds? How are you communicating with me right now without science?
Ricci: I believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins and mine. Do you believe in that?
Me: Ok. Does that mean you can’t believe in science?
Ricci: Some of it. But, I believe in Jesus. Don’t you?
Me: Some of it
Ricci: There you go!
Greg Clary is Professor Emeritus of Rehab and Human Services at Clarion University, Clarion Pa.
His poems have appeared in The Watershed Journal and North/South Appalachia.
His photographs have been published in The Sun Magazine, Looking at Appalachia, and The Watershed Journal.
He resides in Sligo, Pennsylvania and is a Son of Turkey Creek, West Virginia
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This is a great poem!
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