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cc&d magazine (v215)
(the December 2010 Issue)

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Senility Prayer

Hank Threadgill

I’m told that when
you tell a story you’re
not remembering the moment
itself but a memory of the
last time you told it.
So this is the last time
I’ll tell you how
I grew up Southern
Baptist & never went to
Catholic Mass until
Suzanne Crowley asked me to
sometime around 1933.
All that Latin downright
put me to sleep & I thought
I heard the preacher say:
Our Father, ROT IN HEAVEN.
This, of course, jarred me awake
& I had trouble sleeping for days.
Now, in my wintering age
I often mishear the
Serenity Prayer, familiar
to any recovering alcoholic:
Lord, give me the strength
to crawl into bed with
any of these old women,
the courage to accept
my coming incontinence,
& the wisdom to smile
when certain savory
combinations of T-Bone
steak, cranberry juice, pecans,
walnuts & Fruit Roll-Ups
result in a 3 days of
somewhat controllable
diarrhea.



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