Thursday, June 10, 2010

she was 'different'....

although they'd all grown up in the same 'pod'.....
hers was a world of ' Holocaust survivors' and 'organized religion' and
 Hebrew day school and matzoh ball soup......
yeah....sure.....
she looked like them......
she had the pretty hair and the perky breasts and the 'boyfriends'....
and later on.....
she had the coiffed hair and LARGE BREASTS and the 'HUSBANDS'......:}}
but in the end of the day.....
they lived in a simple world,,,,
of Starbucks and Fred Meyers and little league and RAIN....
and she lived near the mosque.....
with car bombs and famous people and BLOOMINGDALE'S and humidity.....
and they seemed to resent her.....
although she couldn't really fathom why....
yes.....admittedly....
she got CRAZY when her people seemed to be in jeopardy....
who wouldn't ?
and she envied the simple life.......
ohhh.......did she envy it...
for glamour and glitz and dining with Bill Clinton....
were NOT ALL THAT !!
she craved the west, in a way that they would never understand....
and still, they seemed to resent her....
with the exception of one, LONE RANGER....
HE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING......
and that made them even more hostile......
she would consider leaving them be, for the moment.....
for her intention was NEVER to hurt them or bother them or even scold them.....
her task was really to LOVE THEM.....
but they didn't see it....
tears were shed.....as per usual.....

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