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Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Another lost scroll


1.   There was a seer and his name was called DD.
2.   DD went unto the Camp of the Romans.
3.   He climbed to the summit thereof.
4.   He turned his head and could see the straits of Menai.
5.   Beyond that was the island of Mona,
6.   Where lived the Druids.
7.   And beyond that was the sea of Eire.
8.   He turned his head once more.
9.   And he saw the city,
10.                     The castle of Pen-Rhyn,
11.                     The mountain of Bangor,
12.                     The distant land of Penmaenmawr,
13.                     Beyond that Llandudno
14.                     Where the Tory People lived.
15.                     He saw the snow-capped mountains
16.                     And he addressed it all.
17.                     He said:
18.                     “Behold, ye who seek the ways of the Lord,
19.                     Ye who seek to understand thy Lord,
20.                     And that bloke over there with the Border Collie sniffing a tree root.
21.                     Note well the path of the Lord.
22.                     Look at his footsteps
23.                     And the places he hath trod.
24.                     Behind him is there tumult?
25.                     Hath he set fires amongst the unworthy?
26.                     E’en now are there teams of paramedics
27.                     And fire marshalls trying to clear up his mess?
28.                     Hath he been smiting again?
29.                     I say unto thee:
30.                     This is not metaphor by the way,
31.                     He really is a bit of a sod sometimes
32.                     When he doesn’t get his own way.
33.                     This is the path of the Lord.”
34.                     The seer whose name was called DD continued
35.                     To address the city
36.                     The castle
37.                     The mountain
38.                     The distant land
39.                     The Tory People
40.                     And the bloke with the dog
41.                     Which now was having a dump.
42.                     He said:
43.                     “Note too the future path of the Lord.
44.                     Doth he have followers already ahead
45.                     Preparing his bread and meat to eat
46.                     And wine to drink?
47.                     Or is the Lord on one of his fads
48.                     And has decided that meat is somehow ungodly
49.                     And all who eat thereof will be burnt
50.                     Or some other kind of odd punishment?
51.                     Doth his followers now prepare
52.                     Strange sausages
53.                     From the land of Quorn?
54.                     This is the future path of the Lord.”
55.                     DD continued to testify
56.                     To the city
57.                     The castle
58.                     And all that.
59.                     He said:
60.                     “Is the Lord in chariot?
61.                     Has his chariot caused a tailback
62.                     From the traffic lights
63.                     By Lidl
64.                     E’en unto the ill-advised
65.                     Asda, which was built
66.                     On the holiest of grounds?
67.                     Doth Asda not have the worst roundabout
68.                     Thee hast ever seen?
69.                     Truly this is a disaster
70.                     Waiting to happen.
71.                     This is the roundabout of the devil.”
72.                     DD addressed the city
73.                     And the yadda yadda yadda.
74.                     He said:
75.                     “Look ye carefully at the shadow
76.                     Of the Lord
77.                     For therein walk the evil.
78.                     By their closeness to the Lord
79.                     They will claim authority
80.                     To make laws
81.                     To conquest
82.                     They will claim to speak
83.                     For the Lord
84.                     In all things.
85.                     And yet because they are in his shadow
86.                     He cannot see them to condemn
87.                     Or to condone.
88.                     These people are truly the worst
89.                     Of the lot,
90.                     Which takes some doing
91.                     But there you go.
92.                     Believe not these people
93.                     Their rituals
94.                     Their cross-dressing
95.                     And for some reason celibate
96.                     Leaders.
97.                     They speak not for the Lord
98.                     But for themselves.
99.                     The problem is that the Lord
100.               Seems to be a bit shy
101.               And doesn’t say much
102.               Which is a bit of a pain
103.               And causes a few problems.
104.               This is the way of the Lord.”
105.               And then the bloke
106.               Whose dog was now chasing
107.               Some kind of invisible rabbit
108.               Spake unto DD.
109.               He said:
110.               “Stranger, I mark thy words.
111.               But why should we trust thee?
112.               Where is the Lord of which you speak?
113.               Are we not all in his shadow?
114.               You know,
115.               Metaphorically-speaking.
116.               Were you talking literally
117.               Or not?
118.               Seriously mate, I’m not having a pop
119.               But it’s only going to muddy the waters
120.               Innit?”
121.               But DD did not answer
122.               For it had started to spit a bit
123.               With rain
124.               And e’en at that time he had found sanctuary
125.               At the Inn of the Beautiful View
126.               And was drinking the wine thereof
127.               Which was called Rioja Reserva. 

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