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Everyman
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Luke tells us that Jesus cast the devil out of a boy who repeatedly threw himself into fire and water to destroy himself. Of all the unfortunates in the New Testament we are, perhaps, least likely to see ourselves in this boy. Yet he is the best symbol for us: we too continually plunge ourselves into all sorts of nonsense and engage in a diversity of dangerous and self-destructive beliefs and practices. This unfortunate is Everyman. He shows us truth: of our selves we are lost—Jesus only can sav
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Suburban Strain
by Stewart Stafford
Hedgecutters are out in force,
Only doing it to avoid divorce,
Futile pleas that it can be enough,
Rush out and buy more stuff.
Bake out in the sun to peel and fry,
Turn lobster red as tiny drones spy,
Stiffly inside to scream and moan,
A walking barbecue with an overdue loan.
The blaring alarm clock cracks the whip;
Shower, coffee, then a doom-scrolled trip!
Women apply warpaint on bus and train,
Call out sick — the malingerer’s strain.
A Master’s in stud
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