Thursday, May 21, 2009

NEWTOWNS LAW HAS GRAVITY

I HAD LEFT SINSINATTY LATE FOR MY DESTINATION ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE. NEEDING FUEL, I STOPPED TO FILL UP IN A TOWN CALLED 'KNO THYSELF', WHERE I ASKED THE STRANGE LOOKING OLDER MAN IN A CHRISTLER FOR DIRECTIONS. THESE BIBLE THUMPERS ARE WEIRDER THAN I AM I CHUCKLED TO MYSELF, SHAKING MY HEAD. NAMING A TOWN KNO THYSELF. WEIRD. HE TOLD ME THE ONE WAY ROAD I WAS ON WOULD SOON DEAD END AT A CROSS ROAD. I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO TURN RIGHT OR LEFT WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT HE SAID I WOULD KNOW WHEN I GOT THERE. AFTER A FEW MILES MORE ON THIS DREARY ROAD I SAW THE TWO STREET SIGNS IN MY HEADLIGHTS. IT WAS VERY DARK, BUT I COULD EASILY SEE WHAT THEY SAID. THE ARROW POINTING TO THE LEFT READ: NO GOD-NO PEACE-NO FAITH-NO HOPE-NO GUIDANCE-NO HEALING. THE ARROW POINTING TO THE RIGHT READ: KNOW GOD-KNOW PEACE-KNOW FAITH-KNOW HOPE-KNOW GUIDANCE-KNOW HEALING. OH MAN, THESE BIBLE THUMPERS I MUTTURED. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO FIND THE MAP, BUT TO NO AVAIL. ANOTHER JOKE ON ME I GROUSED. NOW ON TO NO-AVAIL. HUH. WHICH WAY DO I GO? JUST THEN I HEARD A LITTLE VOICE WHISPER ''FROM KNO THYSELF CHOOSE THE RIGHT ''

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