It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Monday, December 9, 2024

Father Forgive Me For I Have Sinned...

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I have sinned
—beginning with THIS MOMENT—
 
This 
was  when 
my Uncle was photographed
for the first time
after being "branded"
by the Pope:

There was no more 
Father Frank

He was now
—officially—
Monsignor Oliverio
and there is enough
bliss in his eyes,
he was empowered
to shatter glass

The year was 1995
but I  addressed
my father's youngest brother
as "Monsignor"
only twice
before his death in
 
I have addressed him as
"Father"
longer than I did
address
my biological father as
"Father"
 
The eldest
—and most influential—
brother of the Monsignor
 died in 1971
 ***
 
As for my other sins,
I would need
a month of Sundays
to list them all
***
Regarding the man 
who "branded" 
my Uncle 
all I will say is
the recently released
is a must-see
movie
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