No Defense...No Offense

One time...many years past...a young woman  invited me...to a movie...The Life of Brian...was playing...she watched my face, like an owl...for this irreverent piece...of comic satire...to injure me. I knew that she brought me there, to prick my purity...to bring it down...to smear and sneer...she chickened out...however...of this failed sortie...

And...she asked...are you all right with this...of course...and then 'Brian' stood...in the open window...scratching his balls...his hair awry...stunned by the appearance...of worshiping horde's...of misguided followers...waiting for 'The Word'...and...Shit!...he said...'Shit is the word!'...'Shit is the word!'...and they carried it...and went away...'Brian' shrugged...

The value...in this moral allegory...may be...that we are all conjoined...in poverty...in spirit...and in comedy...and need each other there...none of us so high...and all of us just low enough...to duck that branch of what the fuck...quite nicely...we are of earth...we are of god...and after all...God must have laughed...a little bit...creating us...


Written by Bruce James Clyde 2015"

Photo: from Monty Python's Life of Brian, "Brian at window surrounded by supporters, convinced he is Jesus Christ"