The Second Coming

And so shall it come it to pass that on the First Day of the Second Month of the Ninety Third Year, a Saviour will descend upon The Masses. And The Saviour shall be of Mighty Will and of Resolute Mind. And He shall be as obstinate and as amiable as the Ass. And He shall possess the Brain and the Body of a Child. And He shall speak from both sides of his Mouth. He shall talk much yet say nothing. And He shall be called Gary.

And He shall enlighten the Forefathers of The Golden Puck. And He shall teach them the error of their Wicked Ways. And He shall prove His insight again and again so as to teach the heathens the Fallacies of History and Riches of the Future.

And Gary shall regale the masses with Tales of Distant

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The Second Coming

And so shall it come it to pass that on the First Day of the Second Month of the Ninety Third Year, a Saviour will descend upon The Masses. And The Saviour shall be of Mighty Will and of Resolute Mind. And He shall be as obstinate and as amiable as the Ass. And He shall possess the Brain and the Body of a Child. And He shall speak from both sides of his Mouth. He shall talk much yet say nothing. And He shall be called Gary.

And He shall enlighten the Forefathers of The Golden Puck. And He shall teach them the error of their Wicked Ways. And He shall prove His insight again and again so as to teach the heathens the Fallacies of History and Riches of the Future.

And Gary shall regale the masses with Tales of Distant Treasures and of Arid Climates. And He shall speaketh of Eternal Destiny and of leaving the Past as the Past. And He shall see Life with the Wisdom of Solomon and with the Clarity of Job. And He will lead us unto the Path of Good Fortune.

And He shall spread His Bounty throughout the Land. And he shall bring the Great Game unto the Great Shores at Redondo and at Malibu and of Key West and of The Mighty Gulf. And He shall spread The Word unto The House of Mickey and The Castle of Turner. And unto The Marshes at Carolina and The Malls of Columbus and to The Holy Banjo at Tennessee. And He shall not rest whilst The Evil Mass of Disinterest doth exist.

And so shall He court The Blind Eye of The Americas. And He shall vow unto you this day “The Great Game shall live forever in the Picture Tube of America. And I so shall make it so”. And, as The Magic Man doth pull The Hare from The Hat, so shall Our Saviour Gary make Our Hare fit Their Hat. And so shall He maketh The Puck glow and The Lines move and The Smile taketh leave.

And He will guide The Tired Masses at Manitoba and at La Belle Province to Their Destiny. And He will seeth their safe passage through the Hellfires and unto The Pristine Sands at Arizona and to The Mighty Hills at Aspen. And He will console The Mighty Beaver in its Time of Need.

And Gary shall wield The Powerful Dagger to battle those who dare speak ill of Him and Thine Golden Kingdom. And He shall smite the Wicked. And He shall smite the Poor. And He shall smite the Loyal. And He shall live on eternally in His Stalwart Kingdom of One.

And He shall take The Game into hiding and protect It from those who would do It harm.

And He shall make The Game in His own Earthly Image. And it shall be small and it shall be shallow and forlorn and of little significance.

So it is written.

Toronto Sun

I've done some guest columns for The Toronto Sun over the years. These are them. I mean, these are those. I mean.. just read them.