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A POSTMODERN/RHETORICAL ADVENTURE THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF JOHN IN SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET FORM

	GOSPEL OF BOKE {144 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_144_01}   " ' FOR THOSE WHO BOUGHT THE UPGRADE, SABBATHS END, {GOB_144_02}   AND SUNDAY'S NOW THE DAY TO GO TO CHURCH ' {GOB_144_03}   (subtitle reads -- which surely will offend {GOB_144_04}   a lot of folks I don't mean to besmirch), " ...   {GOB_144_05}   ... WRITES BOKE. as he sits down for one more night. {GOB_144_06}   THE CRUCIFIXION SCENE somehow got lost. {GOB_144_07}   SURE, "ev'rybody knows" that dreadful sight -- {GOB_144_08}   THOUGH surely not precisely what it cost ...   {GOB_144_09}   ... in pain-per-moment Jesus Christ endured. {GOB_144_10}   (IMAGINE even if you knew you'd rise, {GOB_144_11}   the hours-long agony is not obscured.) {GOB_144_12}   BUT that's well-told before / No need reprise, ...   {GOB_144_13}   ... EXCEPT one detail: Jesus gave his mom's {GOB_144_14}   safekeeping to St John (from whom Boke gloms).
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {145 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_145_01}   ON SUNDAY MORNING, MARY MAGDALENE {GOB_145_02}   comes early (while still dark) to Jesus' tomb. {GOB_145_03}   The sealing-stone's been moved! // SEE MARY RUN {GOB_145_04}   to Peter and to John with shouts of gloom: ...   {GOB_145_05}   "SOMEBODY STOLE THE LORD! Where can he be?!?" {GOB_145_06}   SO JOHN AND PETER RAN ... John got there first -- {GOB_145_07}   stooped down / looked in / death linen's all you see. {GOB_145_08}   Then Peter comes / steps in // THEN John, unversed ...   {GOB_145_09}   ... in resurrection scripture, ... ' SEES ' AND KNOWS! {GOB_145_10}   Yes, he believes his Christ is now alive. {GOB_145_11}   THEN John and Peter leave (John's story goes: {GOB_145_12}   all details of all versions never jive.)   {GOB_145_13}   BOKE NOTE: UNTIL John saw the empty grave, {GOB_145_14}   he hadn't really caught the Jesus wave.
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {146 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_146_01}   CHRIST'S EMPTY TOMB / SCENE 2 / WHERE MARY M. {GOB_146_02}   IS CRYING OUTSIDE, when she stoops to look {GOB_146_03}   inside to see TWO ANGELS bracket Him {GOB_146_04}   (IF HE'D STILL BEEN THERE) / as if they were book- ...   {GOB_146_05}   ... ends / and if Christ had been a shelf of tomes. {GOB_146_06}   One at the head / one at the feet / of where {GOB_146_07}   Christ had lain dead / but now, beyond there roams. {GOB_146_08}   // "WHY WEEPEST THOU, dear Mary. Why despair?" //   {GOB_146_09}   "They've taken him / I don't know where / that's why." {GOB_146_10}   And then she looks behind her /sees A FACE {GOB_146_11}   she does not recognize -- but it's the guy {GOB_146_12}   she's looking for / Who'll now THE STRING unlace ...   {GOB_146_13}   ... of her mis-expectation that he's dead. {GOB_146_14}   "Oh Master," (or Rabonni's) what she said.
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {147 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_147_01}   TO RECTIFY SOME INSULTS, WE NOW CAST {GOB_147_02}   MS HILTON in the Mary Magd'lene role. {GOB_147_03}   (Her rad'ant face / Not what was mentioned last.) {GOB_147_04}   SEE PARIS/MAGD'LENE'S EYES shine bright with soul!   {GOB_147_05}   "DON'T TOUCH ME NOW," SAYS JESUS, "but go find {GOB_147_06}   the others / say I'll soon ascend to be {GOB_147_07}   with God My Father -- your God/Pa combined." // {GOB_147_08}   SHE GOES AND TELLS / Prepares a jubilee. {...}   {GOB_147_09}   BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT EVENING, JESUS CAME {GOB_147_10}   and stood amidst the ones He'd chosen WHEN {GOB_147_11}   THIS STORY WAS BEGUN / Before His fame {GOB_147_12}   for miracles / AND NOW (BEFORE AMEN) ...   {GOB_147_13}   .. SAYS: "Peace be unto you." Revealed each wound / {GOB_147_14}   and by this evidence, their faith was tuned.
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {148 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_148_01}   CHRIST: "Peace be unto you / As God has sent {GOB_148_02}   me, now I send you out to spread the word / {GOB_148_03}   To gather ' those of truth ' into God's tent." {GOB_148_04}   AND THEN HE BREATHED ON THEM / as when the bird / ...   {GOB_148_05}   ... God's dove / God's Holy Spirit came to rest {GOB_148_06}   upon Him / now upon them / they were filled. {GOB_148_07}   (THEN Jesus said a sentence you must test {GOB_148_08}   with your own understanding. Boke's brain's killed.) {...}   {GOB_148_09}   LATE-COMER DOUBTING THOMAS missed the show: {GOB_148_10}   "Christ here?! / You're kidding / He would have to stick {GOB_148_11}   my fingers in his wounds before I'd know." {GOB_148_12}   (His disbelieving butt they'd like to kick.) {...}   {GOB_148_13}   CLICK. EIGHT DAYS LATER Jesus drops back by / {GOB_148_14}   Let's Thomas feel. (Have more faith than this guy!) {>>>}
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {149 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_149_01}   "REACH HERE THY FINGER, Thomas / See my hands / {GOB_149_02}   Now thrust your hand into my spear-pierced side / {GOB_149_03}   and be not faithless / Your belief demands {GOB_149_04}   way too much proof / Cut loose the STRINGS that hide ...   {GOB_149_05}   ... the possibilities My strangeness gives {GOB_149_06}   to your span in this world / if you'll just free {GOB_149_07}   yourself from all false comfort bullshit gives / {GOB_149_08}   BLESSED are the ones with faith BEFORE they see." //   {GOB_149_09}   THE CHOIR COMES MARCHING IN (Yes, one more time!) {GOB_149_10}   / "We Don't See Mountains Moving / Faith is hard. {GOB_149_11}   / We Don't See Mountains Moving / (Just this rhyme.) {GOB_149_12}   / We Don't See Mountains Moving / in your yard.   {GOB_149_13}   / We Don't See Mountains Moving / Why is that? {GOB_149_14}   / It's time to let your skinny faith get fat!
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {150 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_150_01}   BEFORE THE EPILOGUE / A GOSPEL PAUSE {GOB_150_02}   FOR THIS COMMERCIAL: / "UPGRADE SOFTWARE NOW! {GOB_150_03}   Be sure to send a note to Santa Claus. {GOB_150_04}   (If you're too old for Santa, ask Sweet Cow!)   {GOB_150_05}   Install God's ' Jesus ' version, and you'll see {GOB_150_06}   the poop-head patterns of the world drop out {GOB_150_07}   of your equations for complexity. {GOB_150_08}   Your faith will elevate, and damp your doubt.   {GOB_150_09}   For those who run ' Pre-Jesus ' code, A DEAL: {GOB_150_10}   Use it for 30 days ... and then just TRY {GOB_150_11}   to extricate the new code!" [Can you feel {GOB_150_12}   Sweet Cow about to swat Boke 'till he'll cry?] //   {GOB_150_13}   NO FURTHER AD INTRUSIONS WILL WE MAKE {GOB_150_14}   (But not to upgrade software's a mistake!)
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {151 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_151_01}   THE EPILOGUE BEGINS / ONBOARD A BOAT / {GOB_151_02}   THE SEA OF GALILEE / APOSTLES FISH: {GOB_151_03}   No fish all night / a waste to be afloat. {GOB_151_04}   THE MORNING COMES / A VOICE that they might wish ...   {GOB_151_05}   ... calls out: "My children, have ye any food?" // {GOB_151_06}   They answer, "No." / And no, don't recognize {GOB_151_07}   that it is Jesus (who's not in the nude {GOB_151_08}   like Peter) // "Shift your nets for a surprise."   {GOB_151_09}   A silly thing to do / to move your net {GOB_151_10}   from left side of the fish boat to the right. {GOB_151_11}   But so they did -- from zero, now they get {GOB_151_12}   more fish than they can draw in. // John's eyesight ...   {GOB_151_13}   ... now clear: "It is the Lord." // So Peter dressed, {GOB_151_14}   then dived to race the boat in to be blessed.
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {152 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_152_01}   THE SWAT-BOKE CAFE WINDOW SAYS: "WE'RE CLOSED {GOB_152_02}   'till Next Year / Happy Holidays to You!" // {GOB_152_03}   THE BOOTH where all Boke's sonnets are composed {GOB_152_04}   is being renovated / red to blue.   {GOB_152_05}   SWEET COW'S returned to Mars for one long week {GOB_152_06}   on Martian time -- and have her tail massaged / {GOB_152_07}   unkink the knots from "Bad Boke" gospel cheek / {GOB_152_08}   And from her nose, all girls and monks dislodged.   {GOB_152_09}   A CHESS SET waits with pieces still in place, {GOB_152_10}   should God and Satan wander in again. {GOB_152_11}   The knight that Satan took -- that had Boke's face -- {GOB_152_12}   is somehow repositioned. God will win ...   {GOB_152_13}   ... in two moves if (He?) moves Boke's chess piece well. {GOB_152_14}   If not, of course, the world will go to hell.
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {153 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_153_01}   ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE FISH was the catch {GOB_153_02}   (says John, who helped pull in the fish that day) {GOB_153_03}   when Jesus told them just to unattach {GOB_153_04}   themselves from reason / move the net / just play ...   {GOB_153_05}   ... along with what He said / and, hey, JUST SEE. {GOB_153_06}   And so it was that Christ prepared a meal {GOB_153_07}   for them (out of that hundred fifty three). {GOB_153_08}   Not one asked "Who are you?" or "What's the deal?   {GOB_153_09}   The fish spoke for itself -- relax and row {GOB_153_10}   along with Jesus' flow / enjoy the fruits {GOB_153_11}   of faith and inspiration / Tallyho! {GOB_153_12}   (A word completely wrong -- but somehow suits ...   {GOB_153_13}   ... this almost-at-the-end, fish-eating spot. {?!?} {GOB_153_14}   More tasteful than kids snuffling Christmas snot!)
	GOSPEL OF BOKE {154 of 154} -- by BOKE (duh!) {GOB_154_01}   THEN GOD LOOKED DOWN ON BOKE, and smiled, and said: {GOB_154_02}   "NICE TOUCH -- that's not at all what most expect {GOB_154_03}   from gospelwrights. / But seeing where they led, {GOB_154_04}   I think your sonnets pleasantly connect ...   {GOB_154_05}   ... new threads of strangeness I rewove into {GOB_154_06}   the human fabric when I proudly plugged {GOB_154_07}   the Jesus pattern in, verse buckaroo -- {GOB_154_08}   I told to ride this plain, and who just shrugged ...   {GOB_154_09}   ... and did it in two weeks as was required {GOB_154_10}   by nothing but the arbitrary choice {GOB_154_11}   of maybe God, or Cow, by John inspired, {GOB_154_12}   or maybe just the yearnings of your voice." //   {GOB_154_13}   THEN GOD LOOKED DOWN on how Boke's-God had wrapped {GOB_154_14}   this gospel up... AND YOU KNOW who got bapped! {smile}

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