no kidding
I drove by this statue a lot when I worked in Cinci and it came to become my friend on these drives. Plus it's Jesus (Jesus is a friend of mine) and he looks like he just wants out of that pond. I remember the statues steel rods sticking out where the hands weren't placed yet; seeing it every time I went to see an old friend and her family; on the way to the outlet malls, to movies at the awesome Cinema out there, the IKEA, picking up drunk friends, watching Ray Lamontagne, whatever.
Eventually, after a year or so, every time I drove by my buddy Christ trapped in a pond outside the non-denominational mega-church that spent the 500K on it's erection - I would yell things like "Get me out of here!" or "Why Lord!" or "What am I doing here!" amongst probably a hundred or so other proclamations of shock and frustration the Touchdown Jesus could be yelling out to his Father with his hands up in the "Serenity Now" position.
Frank: Doctor gave me a relaxation cassette. When my blood pressure gets too high, the man on the tape tells me to say, 'Serenity now!'
George: Are you supposed to yell it?
Frank: The man on the tape wasn't specific.
It seems yesterday, during a storm, Christ finally had enough and wanted out of the pond. So as any good Deity would do, he struck himself with lightning - on his right hand - and was swallowed whole in a fiery plume. With great love I say good-bye to a weak rendition of Jesus; however sadly, the Mega-Church is planning on rebuilding another such monstrosity in it's place. All I'm saying is that if they take more than three days, I'm not believing it.
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