Two Tenths Of An Ephah
"I'M EXHAUSTED."
"ME TOO, BABY."
"I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN DRIVING ALL NIGHT TO GET TO THE MIAMI AIRPORT FOR A TAMPA FLIGHT."
"WE SAID, 'IF YEAST IN THE BREAD-'"
"IT'LL RISE. HOW DO I SUSTAIN ALL OF DADDY'S STRENGTH."
"HE LEANED ON JESUS."
"HE REFUSED TO HEAL HIS CANCER!"
"CHILD, WE BOTH HAVE TO PRAY TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY."
"IT'S EVIL TO BEG. WE SHOULDN'T BOW WHEN...WHEN HE WON'T FREE US!"
"SO YOU WANT TO BE FREED FROM...?"
"YES, MAMA. FROM VIOLENT, EVIL POLICE."
"I DO, TOO. BUT EVIL SNEAKS IN PAST PRIDE."
"ARE YOU SAYING THAT MY PRIDE'S THE-"
"NO, NOT YOURS. THEIRS. YOU KNOW IF A WHITE FAMILY LOSES SOMEONE TO THE COPS, IT IS A PROBLEM."
"DON'T THEY NOTICE WE'RE DYING!?"
"NO. THEY'RE DYING, TOO. NUMB AND ALONE, NO GOD, NO PURPOSE, NO HOPE."
"SO THESE BECOME MY BURDEN?"
"THAT'S HOW SOME DO PRIVILEGE. POWER STEALS AND SAYS 'WHAT THEFT?'"
"WILL GOD DO NOTHING?"
"HE'LL STOOP FOR THE HUMBLE. YOU KNOW I'M NOT TELLING A LIE. WHITE GUILT- IT IS BURIED PRIDE."
"I'LL ELECT YOU AS QUEEN."
"CHILD, YOU NEED TO HUSH!"
"WHAT? CAN YOU PLEASE BE RULER OF THE LAND?"
"WHO COULD PAY ME ENOUGH? I'M NOT CHEAP."
"GOD, I GUESS."
"EMILY, HE WILL SAVE US. I PRAYED FOR US. GRANDMOTHER DID ALSO. ANY SHERBET?"
"PLEASE."
"GOOD. SO I...WE CAN BOTH BE COOL DRINKS TO A THIRSTY RIVAL. LET'S EAT THIS. THANK YOU, LORD ALMIGHTY. EVEN IN ALL OUR AFFLICTION, YOU HAVE PREPARED US A TABLE AMIDST OUR ENEMIES."
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