African Jest and Obvious Appointments

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The youthful German Shepherd fell into a chasm

The landlord found the pup months later

He had survived off rats and sheetrock, but

He had developed a limp, and the appetite for inedible objects

The 121^st Mahdis building named him Providence and fed him table scraps, mostly bread

And they let him lick condiments from their plates:

Propitious dishwasher, with a heavy craving

But Providence relapsed into a world too dependent upon the anxiousness of survival

Consequently, he ate the spoons and forks, and other objects proven valuable and sentimental – jewelry and love letters.

He ate the building free of times past.

He transformed into a dandruff furball, misshapen and unripe – portly.

Clever tenants, from the dilapidated floors (where water and soap is a luxury)

Decided to replace Providence with a cat named Cupcake

So they decided, while arm wrestling, that Providence be placed back into the Chasm to spend his remaining years

Only to lick salt from the inner walls and to listen as the tenants played with Cupcake.

In other news . . .

What did Sudanese President Bashir do with an iniquitous war criminal? He gave him a promotion! Bashir has appointed the militia leader, who helped orchestrate genocide in Darfur, as a senior adviser on ETHNIC affairs. Impetuous and consistent insubordination of the U.N. won't stop - not as long as Bashir has China to protect him.

Some leaders in Congress are gathering support for an official letter to President Hu of China, letting him know that his indifference toward Darfur is deplorable.

I can’t help but to draw upon Cormac McCarthy’s The Road as a prophetic sermon. Africa has become Mordor.