Father, it has been three days since<\/p>\n
my last beer.<\/p>\n
I watch too much television<\/p>\n
hours and hours of sports,<\/p>\n
including presidential politics,<\/p>\n
biggest game of all.<\/p>\n
I subscribe to too many magazines,<\/p>\n
that damn New Yorker,<\/em><\/p>\n forgive me Father,<\/p>\n comes every week<\/p>\n but I just read the cartoons.<\/p>\n Got a big race coming up<\/p>\n but I can’t really make myself<\/p>\n go out in the heat.<\/p>\n “Give thanks to the Lord<\/p>\n for He is good.”<\/p>\n “For His mercy endures forever.”<\/p>\n The Pope made me do it.<\/p>\n Francis and Ray Donovan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Father, it has been three days since my last beer. I watch too much television hours and hours of sports, including presidential politics, biggest game of all. I subscribe to too many magazines, that damn New Yorker, forgive me Father, comes every week but I just read the cartoons. 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