the ten commandments

my grandfather

told me the story about how 

Moses came down from the mountain

with his tablets,

holding the ten commandments.

supposedly he went to high school

with him, 

and were on the same

sports teams, and

the chess club.

but after that they got thrown

out of school and Egypt

for throwing spitballs.

so they left.

he said, they

were exhausted hiking

around the desert all the time

and finally took

a break while waiting for Moses

to come back from wherever

he went to.

there was

no shade, hardly any water,

and we were sick of eating goats and olives,

he said.

we didn't even have a pot

to pee in, not to mention

the king of Egypt was hunting us down

because of his crazy wife.

and here comes Moses, he said.

all smug and what not,

in his long striped robed

and shocking white hair and beard.

grumpy doesn't even come close

to the word to describe him.

he had cotton mouth

and these little burrs stuck

in his beard.

he started yelling at us, and giving

us a whole new set of rules

to live by.

no lying, cheating, stealing,

and no killing anymore.

can you believe that. no killing, what

the hell.

and get this, no more sleeping around

if you were married.

he had it all written down on

these two stone slabs.

anyway, more later.

i need a nap.