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Saturday, April 16, 2022

st peter and the lion


by horace p sternwall



st peter watched the sun come up over the hill

a river flowed under the hill

guarded by a lion

who was not as young as he used to be

st peter and the lion went back a long way

st peter had been thrown to the lion back in the day

when the emperor nero was in his glory

when st peter and the lion talked about the old days with nero

st peter was inclined to give nero a pass

he was not such a bad fellow, he insisted to the lion when they settled down to a tankard of ale at the nearest inn

a bit impetuous, maybe, the lion replied tentatively

he was young, st peter said

just as we all were once, the lion agreed

judas iscariot , sitting in a corner with the wandering jew , overheard the conversation

everybody gets forgiven eventually, judas observed.

it just takes time.

waiter, another tankard!



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