coveted her as not one of but The pearl of great price
much to my avail as she had little libidinous interest in me
to my great wonder and misfortune
I will divulge this as my incidental role
in the Creation of Sex for the first time in public
She could have read me
the Tale of the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
or the genealogical begettings of the antediluvian patriarchs
and I would have got a hard on
Now as a result of your silence
I assume you have no further questions this morning
Mister Klogphorne
is that where the story my daddy tells
about your stob came from?
Young reverend
I did not know that event had trickled down
like the understanding of federal taxes
to the ears of Garza County Republican youth
I am embarrassed it has come to you
in a potentially contaminated form
therefore I will tell you the entire veracious rendition
of that epic tale complete and unembellished
I was in Maxine Durrantâs store purchasing a transparent negligee
for my wifeâs recurrent twenty-ninth birthday
with expectations of forthcoming exhibition and rejoinder
when Miss Durrant made a comment upon the low riding condition
of my trousers saying I believe verbatim, Billy
one of these days your britches are going to fall down to your knees
I canât imagine what holds them up
whereupon I in Biblical language divinely inspired saith unto her
Maxine, of all people on earth
I would have thought you would know
I have a stob that holds them up
since you are the one who made me aware of it
What happened then
Mister Klogphorne?
Why of course
without further ado she took my money, gift wrapped the package
in a manner harbingering pomp and circumstance
and upon my leaving locked the door, pulled down the shades
and I would fervently wish declared first call
then poured herself a libation before Aphrodite
At least I have faith and hope that is factual
Is there anything else?
Brother Klogphorne
who was Lamech?
Who was Lamech?
Young Master Ivins of the whiplash Epimethian focus
you will need to ask your grandparents
as those legendary citizens from these parts
probably knew him
since he lived over to Justiceburg
as they might say in unspoiled Texanese
Lamech lived at Justiceburg?
Texas?
Young fellers
Acolytes Nutt and Newberry I believe
who do you think wrote the Bible?
Havenât you heard of Eden
and Palestine, Texas? Titus, Trinity and Godley counties?
The Bible was written by, for and about people
not just made up nonsense dictated out of thin air
Of course Lamech Johnston lived out south of Justiceburg
married Rayola Owens and then
Pearl Rae Higgins of the substantial bosoms
after her mama threw her out of the house for stealing
the secret of her daddyâs almost perfected perpetual motion machine
and pouring out his bootleg intended home brew,
a moral and conspicious crime which earned for them the reward
of all consequent affliction and reprobation
upon which they moved to the sanctuary of Utah
somewhere west of Eden near a town originally called Hurry Cain
named after his grandfather of preceding generations
who had to rush all the way there to escape
Texas Rangersâ vengeance after killing his brother
for stealing a sheep he loved in the custom they knew unto then
you can read about it
in an early edition of the Garza Dispatch
if you follow the scriptures and search out
matters of truth with fear and trembling
in a plain manner of allusionary speaking
But now I see our allotted time is up
so you gentlemen will be needing to depart
and hear words of wisdom
from our beloved pastor the Right Reverend Strayhorn
As my conclusion I fervently hope I have given you young elders
something to ponder over this morning
Brother Klogphorne
we always end our class with a prayer
would you offer it?
Well Lord up there wherever
to say it delicately and in trochaic synesthesia
I certainly hope it was larded odoriferous
with the septical fragrance of