Did he really say that?
The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = GEORGE CARLIN...Stained glass, engraved glass, frosted glass–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES...Music is the mathematics of the gods = PYTHAGORAS...Nothing is more fluid than language = R.L.SWIHART
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Catacombs In The Bronx
On my first visit to the Catacombs
At St. Lucy's in the Bronx
I stood alongside a young couple
She wore a long sleeve dress
He wore a sleeveless shirt
He had a tattoo
Of a naked woman
On his muscular arm
Then Linda said
"Father is ready"
I followed her into the rectory
When we walked to the car,
Father Frank was holding Judy's hand
She was sixteen
Her brother was twenty-two,
Her sister was twenty-five
The pastor of St. Lucy's parish
Said the magic words:
"Do you want to eat pizza?"
His newly-orphaned nieces and nephew
Gave him a look that said:
"Does a bear shit in the woods?"
It was a meal to be remembered
For more than forty years
After we were seated
The executor of our mother's will
Was greeted by the maitre'd
His name was Vito
Or maybe it was Carmine
"Padre, it is great to see you."
The Padre introduced
the three other Oliverios
Carmine welcomed us enthusiastically
Or maybe it was Vito
Whoever he was,
He called over the waiter.
"You give me the bill for this table."
"Yes, boss."
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At St. Lucy's Church, in 1972
The name that was closest to God
Was Oliverio
As in "Father Oliverio"
But I will always
Always
Know him as "Father Frank"
Or--and this is simply better--
FATHER
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