scapegoat 

           

   he wondered as he began leafing through the dictionary 

                                                             not that he really had tohad a creeping suspicion 

an as familiar as he was with it he named his Gary after Gary the Snail SpongeBob SquarePants pet 

YUP  as he gathered  on a brilliantlylit marquee LEVITICUS  Tha hobo yet again 

Old Testament 

mussed with Moses fingerprints Thirteenth Century BCE Before Common Era  not Before Christian Era  not BC AD ABRACADABRA hocus-pocus mumbo jumbo open sesame gibberish gobbledygook double talk jabberwocky   Take a breathtake a breath  Breathebreathe  breathe   Better   Yes  yes thank you   

cat with the Burning bush 

                           Exodus  3:13 – 14  I AM WHO I AM   Gawd 

                                                                            isnt everyone who they are

and to be who one is is to be true to themselves 

I’ve been thinking . . . I think you ought to take one for the team.

he might count his lucky starshis fortunate that she was able to pull back on her angerlimit him to a Fuck you!  she stoodturned went to the door

No wait stop, don’t go, wait, stop, I don’t think you ought to be alone right now.

You’re right she said over her shoulder as she opened the door  You don’t think.

he said something

she didnt hearshe had closed the doordidnt slam it 

it was so much horseshit if it was said on Sunday after Super Bowl after the children were down said face to face this drauma could have been alleviated

instead 

        she was fingeredmade the scapegoat Leviticus pair of kid goats one released into the wilderness taking with it all sins and impurities the other sacrificed to their thinking for their convenience   a convenience covering a convenience 

   she asked what he thought 

                                Be true to yourself baby  Ive got your back

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