b88 (3.23-9.2020): to you (old vending machine)

to you (old vending machine), i pray ^[1]  
by dog o. t. yarp 
 
i put the coin in socket and i pray with all my might
to you, my old vend-ing machine
deliver me, tonight
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·        we put in some coins and/or bills, and we press the buttons that indicate what we want.
·        sometimes the old machine delivers, and sometimes… she doesn’t answer the call (as asked).
   a.      no matter.  she’s old, and she works in strange ways:
                i.     maybe we didn’t really need that chocolate bar.
               ii.     maybe we didn’t put in enough coins.
             iii.     maybe she wants to test us, to see how we will act (if deprived).
              iv.     maybe she has given us an “unanswered prayer,” and she knows what is best for us.
              v.     maybe she is just mysterious, and we can never, ever imagine the depths of her reasoning.  there’s only one thing to know, and it’s that she is right!  no further questions.
   b.      maybe we did get what we wanted:
               i.     halleluiah!  our prayer worked!  praise to the vendor!
              ii.     no, silly.  she wouldn’t make a decision simply based upon how much $$$ we invested.
             iii.     maybe she gave us the pringles chips because she knows that we love her.
              iv.     maybe she’s tempting us, to see if we’ll eat the forbidden foods.
              v.     maybe it’s because we believed in her.
 
and (maybe, just maaaaaaaybe), we are making all of this sh--  up!
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[1] martino, j. (3.23-9.2020). to you (old vending machine) i pray. book 88: marching into madness. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us.

[2] inspired by all of the facebook souls who are ‘praying to god’ to save us from the virus.