Monday, April 23, 2018

in the end


by corinne delmonico




everything comes out right in the end

the sun comes out

and the children dance in the streets

st george defeats the dragon

and the villagers go back to their homes

clint eastwood guns down judas on the main street of jerusalem as jezebel and salome watch from the window of king herod’s palace

anne frank takes down hitler with a few kung fu chops on the streets of leningrad as king richard the lion-hearted and his troops enter the city

errol flynn and shirley temple are married by christpher columbus on the deck of old ironsides as genghis khan surrenders his sword to george washington

sherlock holmes arrests omar khayyam just as he is about to slip poison into the teacup of florence nightingale

bob hope is telling jokes to the troops when albert einstein announces a new cure for old age and death

cinderella’s sisters give her a new car and a new washing machine and tell her they were always just kidding

mother teresa and mae west wave from balconies as the troops come marching home from the war against the galactic empire

mayor frank james and sheriff jesse james welcome billy the kid home from the war and treat him to a free strawberry ice cream sundae.

billy gets to sleep in his own little bed again

so do saladin and montezuma and andy jackson and nat turner and john brown and geronimo and john wayne

thomas edison and charles lindbergh build a space ship and the whole human race gets into it and flies to heaven

forever

in the end



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