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@ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; In That Garden At The Edge Of Thebes
In that garden just at the edge of Thebes,
strategically planted trees---Sycamore Figs and
Tamarisks---provide an efficient canopy of
shade. Two young men, long-haired and barefoot,
blooming in adolescence, walk together, hands
clasped, and kisses exchanged repeatedly.
No inhibitions bother them here, amid all this
horticultural beauty---amid which even Pharaoh
walked. And one of them says, softly, humbly,
"How can you love me? I am the son of a
"dockman and a tavern-maid. Sometimes I
"stink of the stable, or have streaks of
"dung on my soles. You are the grandson of
"Zaphenath-paneah, He who came out of the
"vast desert to save the People from the
"scourge of famine. Why have you come to
"me, why have you brought me here despite
"all the differences that exist to separate
"us?" To which his companion, fervently
replies: "I love you with my whole heart,
"I desire you with every fiber of my flesh.
"I have given you entrance to my most private
"place, and I have received your glistening
"sweetseed, within and upon my body. No
"obstructive Separators can take that away.
"My ring, the ring that bears my name,
"hangs from the necklace you are wearing.
"My grandfather's stonemasons have carved
"our special markers together upon several
"walls." And with that, he comforted his
Beloved, in that garden planted decades
ago, a gift to his Grandmother Asenath,
from her spouse Zaphenath-paneah, who
was also ]known as Joseph, son of Jacob and
Rachel, and descended from Abraham and
Isaac, who worshipped the One and Only, the
Supreme, God Whose very Nature and Name is Love.
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