I empty myself onto the page. I bleed and spit and wretch. I masticate the sinuous scraps I cannot swallow, spread them on saltines, and serve them as hors d’oeuvres. I offer them to strangers, on gaily appointed silver platters saying, “Take of this and eat.” Because I know those words are baited, and he to whom they are ascribed, uses them to fish for men. In much the same way I fish for absolution.
Written for BrewNSpew cafe weekly prompt: Empty
Thru Violet's Lentz 
The religious symbols in this are very well done. Even though I am a Christian, I’ve always thought of the process of evangelization as very akin to salesmanship. I think this captures that side of religious life well.
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What an interesting interpretation. My feeling was more along the lines of we both coax people to figuratively ingest pieces of ourselves. you’ve added a whole different level to this for me.
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Very interesting post!
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Thank you so much Sadje.
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You’re welcome 😉
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Wow, full of allusions. Nice one. 🙂
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Thank you Crispina. The deck of prompts seems to be stacked with evocative words lately… I am indulging tho .
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Yea, so I see. 🙂
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Wow
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Reblogged this on BrewNSpew.
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