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May 13, 2022

The Fly in the Ointment [by Mitch Sisskind]

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People think the Golden Calf looked 
Like a calf but that is very wrong.
(Literal readings of the Bible are a sin.)
It looked like whatever you wanted
And it looked different to everyone
And since you could change it just
By thinking about it the Golden Calf
Was more like the guy's holographic
Girlfriend in 'Bladerunner 2049'
Than the Golden Calf as shown in
The 1956 'Ten Commandments' movie.
Don't forget: God can give you anything
You want but the fly in the ointment is
So can the devil! So can the devil!

Posted by on May 13, 2022 at 06:45 PM in Feature, Mitch Sisskind - Correspondent at Large |

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Comments

Brilliant!

Posted by: Ursula Levin | May 14, 2022 at 11:27 AM

Fly! Sly! Wry! Sisskind's poems are full of twisted wisdom.

Posted by: Summer Brenner | May 14, 2022 at 02:01 PM

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