copyright © 2019
by Robert L. Blau
I won. Everyone said I couldn't. But I did.
As usual. And thanks to me, everyone won.
"Sir, I think you should see this."
Ah, my chief of staff. The ultimate worry-wart. I wave him
off. We have our great, big, beautiful wall, and the rapists,
criminals, and terrorists who would overwhelm our society are locked
out.
"Sir, I really think you need
to see this."
Oh, pish-tosh. The barbarians are thwarted. The wolf has
been banished from the door. Civilization and virtue are secured
and exalted.
"Sir, they're everywhere. Your attention is urgently required."
Fiddle-faddle. Let "them" be wherever they can be. They won't get
through this wall! Goodness and Righteousness are assured.
The good people are secure. Um, who or what are these "they," by the way?
"Israelites, Sir. They've surrounded the city. And one of
them has some kind of horn."
A horn? Indeed?
Let 'er rip, I say. It is to laugh. Such a Nervous
Nellie. The great city of Jericho is utterly safe behind my big,
beautiful wall.