Faith

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I set
My Rainbow
in the
cloud.
[Genesis 9:13]
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"I was at a Fourth 'a
July party,
tonight, Lord."

[SMILE.]
[TENDER VOICE.]
"Yes,
child.
I know."

(Pause.)
(Look up.)
"Were You
THERE?"

[CHUCKLE.]
"I AM
always
There,
child."

"YOU didn't
see me eat
that CHEESECAKE....
DID YOU?"

[CHUCKLE.]

"Cuz....Ya know..
I'm ALLERGIC to
ALL DAIRY-PRODUCTS!"

[WISE NOD.]

"OY!"

[NOD.]

"Oh,
WELL."
(Grimace.)
"Anyway......
EVERYBODY THERE
had a SUCCESS STORY!"

[NODDING.]
[LISTEN TO ONE
KVETCHY ANGEL
COMPLAINING [REVERENTLY] ABOUT
HIS LATEST JOB ASSIGNMENT.]

(Pout at the ceiling.)
"ARE YOU LISTENING?"

"Every word,
My little precious."
[NODDING AT THE ANGEL,
WHO IS KIND OF PLUMP,
AND HAS A SQUINT.]

"WELL.......
WHAT ABOUT ME?"

[GAZE DOWN ON
PLUMP CHILD WHO
HAS A RATHER
KVETCHY SQUINT.]
"What about you,
My beloved."

(Whiny cry: that
like a four-year-old,
who's in the supermarket
in front of the candy aisle.)
"WHAT ABOUT ME?
HOW COME YA
HAVEN'T GIVEN ME,
ONE?"

[LISTENING INTENTLY
TO THE ANGEL, WHO IS
NOW ASKING FOR A
LITTLE WOODEN STOOL
BECAUSE HIS FEET HURT,
ON THE HARD GOLDEN
THRONE-ROOM FLOOR.]
"One what,
My kin'der."

"A RAINBOW!
A RAINBOW!
WHERE'S MINE?"

[NOD TO ANGEL,
ALLOWING HIM TO
SIT DOWN. THE ANGEL
IMMEDIATELY SIGHS
RATHER LOUDLY, AND
BEGINS RUBBING HIS
PLUMP, BARE FEET.]
[LOOK DOWN, BACK
AT EARTH.]
"Well,
child......"

(Whiny screech.)
(Stamp good foot.)
"WELL.........?
Where's MINE?"

[HAND A BIG HANKIE
TO THE LITTLE PLUMP
ANGEL, WHO IS NOW
SNIFFLING, AND
BLOWING HIS
PLUMP NOSE
RATHER NOISILY.]
"You've had
one all along,
My child."

"MY RAINBOW?
WELL..?
WHERE IS it?
(Squirm.)
"In MY... POCKET?"

"No,
child."
[REACHING OVER TO
HUG THE LITTLE,
PLUMP, SQUINTY-EYED
ANGEL. ON THE GOLD
FLOOR BELOW, ARE A
MOUND OF DAMP, SOILED
HANKIES.]
"In
Mine."
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Oh,
sing to the
Lord
a new song!
For He
has done
marvelous
things!
[Psalms 98:1]

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