Friday, July 28, 2006

Jilted Desperation (self-titled)

While the bombardment was knocking the trench to pieces at Fossalta, he lay very flat and sweated and prayed oh jesus christ get me out of here. Dear jesus please let me get out. Christ please please please christ. If you’ll only keep me from getting killed I'll do anything you say. I believe in you and I'll tell every one in the world that you are the only one that matters. Please please dear jesus. The shelling moved further up the line. We went to work on the trench and in the morning the sun came up and the day was hot and muggy and cheerful and quiet. The next night back at Mestre he did not tell the girl he went upstairs with at the Villa Rossa about Jesus. And he never told anybody. -- Ernest Hemingway

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Unfortunately this is true. Seldom do people keep their promises with God. Although He always keeps his.

8/22/06, 9:28 AM  

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