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Old Man Thuse

OLD MAN THUSE

Was Methuselah an ancient astronaut?
Did he live nine hundred years?
Yes to both say a few enlightened seers

Did he visit Earth in a rocket ship?
Did he wear a space suit?
Possibly    and used a laser gun to boot

Did Ezekiel really see a wheel way up in the middle of the air?
Was old Methuselah piloting that space ship?
Had he taken an impossibly long trip?

Truth is    no one really knows
Witnesses     though many    are all dead
Belief must be taken on faith    enough said

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Joe Maverick

Date: 3/16/2012 12:41:00 PM

Well put Daver; i often wonder how the reality was for those who had experience's with God before Pentecost..)

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 3/16/2012 8:38:00 AM

Hey Dave, now you got me confused. Always thought Ezekiel's vision was of God's throne descending in that amazing machine. What an interesting write, you tackled the subject in such an interesting way and tease the mind with a different perspective. Way to go! :)

Daver Austin
Date: 3/16/2012 8:51:00 AM

I'm just quoting an old negro spiritual - "Ezekiel saw the wheel way up in the middle of the air." Love, daver

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/15/2012 8:15:00 PM

hey, again, Daver. No, I did not chew hubbie out for that little poem. He was looking at himself in the mirror when he said it. hahaha

Nette Onclaud

Date: 3/14/2012 12:13:00 PM

unsolved mysteries woven so well with your thought provoking reflections, daver... well done with hugggs! :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/14/2012 12:33:00 AM

hmmm, I must have not looked really well at the scriptures. Ezekiel saw a wheel?? this is a very different poem. Your mind is always thinking up so many interesting things, DAver. THat's why you stay eternally young

Daver Austin
Date: 3/14/2012 2:04:00 PM

I think Carolyn might like this one. Oh yes! 'Zekl saw the wheel, way up in the middle of the air. A great negro spiritual if I'm not mistaken. LOve, daver

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 3/13/2012 10:46:00 PM

I love this! How very clever. Interesting concepts here with your scriptural references. Love the ending, wrapping it all up too. Always, Laura

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/13/2012 4:56:00 PM

Like your interpertation on the scripture..Yes, we don't know what happened only have the story told briefly in the "Bible"..Ezekiel dropped that cloak for his assistant to take up and he got double of what Ezekiel had..Thanks for the kind review of my work..I appreciate you stopping by..Sara