March 20: Easter chocolate, hunger, and Psalm 12

Hello, my apostles/disciples/groupies.  I'm not going to spend a lot of time introducing today's praise psalm.  Let's just say, I was hungry.  This time of year is great.  It is the culmination of the chocolate seasons.  If you aren't aware of the chocolate seasons, let me list them for you:  Halloween (starts around late August); Christmas (starts directly after Halloween, lasts until January 1); Valentine's Day (January 1 to February 14); and then Easter (February 15 to Easter Sunday).  After Easter, it's all downhill when it comes to chocolate.  As you slide into spring and summer, that's Tootsie Roll time.  Now, I don't have anything against the Tootsie Roll, but by August, I would sell my firstborn for a fun-size, Halloween Milky Way.  Just for the record, the Milky Way is the best candy bar ever invented.  It's a gift from God.

Anyway, I have a book to read for teaching tomorrow; papers to correct; and family to spend quality time with.  Therefore, I will give you my poem for the day and sign off.

Saint Marty wishes you a good night and good chocolate.

Psalm 12:  Blessed Be Milky Way

Blessed be Twix,
     Cookie like manna at dawn,
     Gift of morning dew in the wilderness.

Blessed be M&M,
     Red, green, yellow, orange, brown, blue,
     Seraph, cherub, angel choir on the tongue.

Blessed be Snickers,
     Peanut of dirt and root,
     Color of desert sand, hunger, thirst, want.

Blessed be Payday,
     Salt along the shores of Galilee,
     Sticky as honey and locusts and sin.

Blessed be Almond Joy,
     Coconut meat, fragrant
     As Mary Magdalene's thighs at midnight.

Blessed be Milky Way,
     Caramel, soft lamb's skin,
     Chocolate thin as unleavened bread.

Blessed be Red Vine,
     Twisted blood, scourge, crown,
     Cross, streams of water, Cabernet.

Blessed be Cadbury Egg,
     Cracked, opened, stone rolled away,
     Resurrection cream, gold, white as spring snow.

Blessed be Milk Dud, Whopper,
     Blessed be Smartie, Pop Rock, Baby Ruth,
     Butterfinger, Kit Kat, Starburst.  Blessed be Hershey,
     Godiva, Ghiradelli, Lindt.  Blessed be.  Sweet Salvation.

Saint Marty and a gift from God