Behold the Word

“….and the people were much afraid,
and went to their neighbours doors, wailing
“Who shall gathereth in the corn and arrowroot
now that our father is on incapacity benefit?”
But Simon said “showeth me the crippled
patriarch who built such strong dykes
and fathered scores of children in his mighty
breeches, so I may do the work of my heavenly
Master.” And they showeth Simon to the palette
wherein their father lay, swaddled in blankets
and drinking deeply in his despair, and Simon
sayeth, brandishing the crutches, “Rise now,
for I have a place for thee standing straight
and tall as a young sapling.” And to the
amazement of the people, even those of the
DHSS hidden among the olive trees, Simon
and he walketh without aid to the local Inn…”


Simon Pyrites Third Statement
to the Licensing Board, Chapter 6, Vs 17-96