In the six hundredth year
of Noah's life,
in the second month,
on the seventeenth day
of the month,
on that day
all the fountains
of the great deep
burst forth.
[Genesis 7:11]
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"LORD?"
[SILENCE.]
"Are You gonna help us
out, with IKE?"
[SILENCE.]
"HUH?"
[SILENCE.]
"What about the DOGS?"
"What dogs,
My beloved."
"I SAW pictures of ABANDONED
DOGS!
In the FLOOD!
At GALVESTON!"
[NOD.]
"Are You gonna HELP them?
Or WHAT?"
"Who AM I,
child?"
"I DUNNO, LORD!
(Frustrated, angry look up at ceiling.)
SOMETIMES.....I'm not really SURE!"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"I don't know...LORD!
The Christians tell
me that....Ya know:
You want to SAVE
EVERYBODY!
(Puzzled squint up at ceiling.)
I don't UNDERSTAND?"
[LOVING NOD.]
"Animals die,
My beloved."
"Oh, GREAT!
GREAT!
(Shake puny fist up at ceiling.)
That's NOT what I WANTED
to HEAR......LORD!"
[ALL KNOWING NOD.]
"Why can't You take
CARE of THEM?"
"Trust Me,
child."
(Sad silence.)
"I AM."
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They went
into the ark
with Noah,
two and two
of all flesh
in which there
was
the breath
of life.
[Genesis 7:15]
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