I thinkIve thought  I believe    I believe that  church  organized churchwhen I was young  caused me traumatic shock syndrome

she said  Traumatic shock . . . there’s no such thing.

Wha is there then

I think you mean post-traumatic stress syndrome.  P  T  S  D.

Is thawha its called

    Yes.  I think you knew that; or know that.

Maybe I do  Sounds familiar

Familiar?

Yah  Familiar

Church?

Yah  Church

How so?

Im fond I like to visitattend churches synagogues chapels monasteries convents   cathedrals

                                                                                                    Cathedrals are breathtakin 

But not during service

Not mass?

Amass

           Amassed people

No

I prefer their quiet penetrating solemnity

                                            Their walls wholly interiors steeped incoloured by thousandsanthousands tens of thousands freakinmillions  people  the attendant joys celebrations marriages baptisms BaranBat mitzvahs  funerals   sorrows troubles  confidences revealed  confessions

Memories

But not people

    Why?

P S T D

she didnt cover her mouth when she laughed he liked that about her P  T S  D.

Ya know wha I mean

Someone else might not.

Therestha

There is.

    Have oftenwondered if church conferred  introversion  on mebeat the hell out of savin my soul

smiled

        had a funny kind of smile between a broken grinnin jackolantern a spooncracked coloured Easter egg

     which made her laugh in spite of herself

Wha

Nothing. You tickle me you’re funny.

                                       Church. Not converting  But introverting.

Yah

        Somethinhuh

You’re something.

Somethin

          Good    Or bad

Baby . . . . you’re riddled through and through you’re good’s bad bad’s goo . .

. . But ya dig me

Ohyes.

           I dig you.

2PMishmash,  Tuesday,  15  4. 2

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Jewel  Who Will Save Your Soul  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wBDDAZkNtk