Prayers

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Then the Lord
answered Job
out of the
whirlwind...
Gird up your loins
like a man.
[Job 38:1-3]
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"Hey, Lord?
LORD!
LORD!"

[SILENCE.]

(Yell to the ceiling.)
"LORD!"

"What is it,
My little one."

(Whiny yell.)
"AW!
(Screech.)
Come ON!"

[PATIENT VOICE.]
"What is it,
My kinder."

(Fold arms.)
(Glare at ceiling.)
"Gimme a
BREAK!"
(Pout!)*
"YOU know
what I MEAN!"

[PATIENT SILENCE.]

(More pouting.)
"HEY!
You DO STUFF,
for ....
EVERYBODY ELSE!"

[PATIENT SIGH.]

"That's...
NO FAIR!"

[PATIENT GAZE.]

"NO FAIR!"

[SILENCE.]

"HEY!
I deserve
some CREDIT,
HERE!"

"To Whom are
you speaking,
child?"

(Impatient squiggle.)
(Wave hand, impatiently.)
"HEY!"
(Frown.)
"Just cuz, I can't
SING,
and ALL!"

[PATIENT GAZE
AT NEPTUNE.]
[GAZE BACK AT
EARTH.]
[SIGH.]

"Yeah.....
YOU just like
the people,
who can SING!"

[SILENCE.]

"Or....
can WRITE You
pretty... POETRY!"

[LONG SUFFERING GAZE.]

"Or, SONGS!
And.....
I GOTTA VOICE,
like a FROG!"

[SOLEMN NOD.]
"I thought
you liked frogs,
My beloved."

(Point up to the ceiling.)
(Smile.)
"HEY!
DON'T make me LAUGH!"

[CHUCKLE.]
"I love you too,
child."
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Where were you
when I laid
the foundation
of the earth?
[Job 38:4]

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*Author is in her
early fifties.

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