Healthy Living

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Then,
out of the smoke
locusts came
upon the earth.
And, to them
was given
power.
[Revelation 9:3]
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"DARN!
These BUG BITES!
They're.....KILLIN' ME!"
(Scratch!)
(Scratch!)

[PATIENT GAZE.]
"Stop touching them,
child."

(SCRATCH!)
(SCRATCH!)
"I can't HELP IT!!
They're drivin' me
CRAZY!"

[PATIENT SIGH.]
"Calomine."

(Squint up at ceiling.)
(Stop scratching.)
"YOU know 'bout that,
LORD? They didn't EVEN
HAVE that stuff,
in YOUR DAY!"

[CHUCKLE.]
"Stop scratching them,
My beloved."

"Well, WHY did You
LET THESE MOSQUITOS,
BITE ME,
IN THE FIRST PLACE?"

[SMILE!]

"And....my friend, SANDY...?
Who was sittin' right
NEXT to ME..
OUTSIDE,
at the Taco CABANA...?
SANDY didn't even get ONE BITE?"

"This is the world,
My child."

"WHOSE WORLD?"

"Mine."

"Well,
how come You didn't let
them bite SANDY,
and You told 'em to all
bite ME?"

[GENTLE CHUCKLE.]
"It is a Mystery,
My precious."

"This isn't about
those ABADDON
things, IS IT?"

[BURST OUT LAUGHING!]

"Cuz, I'm a BELIVER,
LORD! I'm a BELIEVER!
They don't need to
BITE ME!"

[PATIENT SIGH.]

"How come I have to be
the CHOSEN,
all the TIME?"

[CHUCKLE.]
"Cuz."

"WHY?
WHY?"

"Because,
My precious,
I AM The Lord."

"I'm the CHOSEN,
'a the CHOSEN*!"

[FIRM NOD.]

"It SEEMS like,
NOBODY ELSE,
ever gets BIT!
Except, ME!"

"Oy vey."

"WHY,
LORD?
WHY?"

[PATIENT VOICE.]
"Child,
you live in the world."

"YEAH!
And, I'm the ONLY
ONE,
who EVER gets BIT!"

[SIGH.]
"Put some Calomine Lotion,
on it,
little one."

"I DID!
I DID!
And,
now I got these PINK BLOTCHES,
all OVER ME! And....
they're still ITCHING LIKE
CRAZY!"

"Stop touching them."

"Can't You just go:
'ABRACADABRA'?
And....MAKE them
go AWAY?"

[GENTLE LAUGH.]
"I never say that,
Mein kin'der."

"Uh, HUH!
You DO THAT FOR
OTHER PEOPLE!"

"No."

"YEAH,
You DO!"

"No."

"That's ALL,
YA ever SAY TO ME,
LORD!
NO!
NO!
NO!"

[GENTLE SMILE.]
"That's not true,
My beloved."

"Uh, HUH!"

[TENDER VOICE.]
[QUIET VOICE.]
"My Answer
is always yes;
I do
love you."
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They were commanded
not to harm the grass
of the earth,
or any green thing,
or any tree,
but only those men
who do not have
the seal of God
on their foreheads....
The shape of the locusts
was like horses...and
their faces were like...men.
They had hair like
women's hair,
and their teeth
were like
lion's teeth.
And
they had a king
over them
the angel
of the bottomless
pit,
whose name in Hebrew
is Abaddon.
[Revelation 9:4-11]

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*Both parents, of the
schlubby, scuffy,
humbling, bumbling
scratching, author,
were Jewish.

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To my good, and
wonderful friend,
Sandy, who loves
the Lord.

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