Saturday, January 8, 2011

God showed up at the Sunday Jam disguised as Thelonius Monk

God showed up at the Sunday Jam disguised as Thelonius Monk
I could tell because Monk was a lot more harmonically sophisticated
Something God and me have in common
I told God, "you look more like Dennis Haysbert than Thelonius Monk"
God said, "how do you know?"
I answered, "I seen pictures"
Then God said, "I never was very good at deceiving people"
Sometimes God played guitar, sometimes God played piano
other times God played drums
God is definitely not a bass player
While we were jamming, people wandered in from all over
From Russia and from Africa and from Kalamazoo Michigan
Pretty soon the house was full up so people started sitting outside
near a window or a door
The deep sweet groove drifted out over the people
where it turned into love
It was just like Woodstock, only better
'cause it didn't rain
Everybody got a turn
Even the Rumor Bros. got to rap one of their raps
All the time they rapped, they pointed guns at the people
but that was ok, they didn't shoot no one
We played and played late into the night
Eventually, God had to go home because it was past God's bed time
One by one the people left
Back to Russia and Africa and Tupelo Mississippi
God never came back to the jam
I guess God has more important things to do
That's ok, I got to jam with God/Thelonius Monk

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