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Havin’ A Talk With God #21 – Feet

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Havin’ A Talk With God

A Podcast Series

E21: Feet

Thyme

Oh God …

God

Oh Thyme …

Thyme

I got somethin’ really stupid ta’ talk ‘bout this mornin’.

God

I doubt it.

Thyme

You tryin’ ta’ flatter me?

God

No, I’m just doubting the veracity of your statement.

Thyme

Sometimes you sound like a lawyer.

God

Sometimes I am a lawyer. I deal in principle and law.

Thyme

Well now, you be makin’ the subject a’ my interest even stupider than stupid.

God

Maybe we oughta just get to the point, Thyme.

Thyme

Feet.

God

What?

Thyme

Feet. That’s ma’ subject.

God

And would that be f-e-a-t or f-e-e-t?

Thyme

Good question, God.

God

It’s a feat to walk ten miles on your feet.

Thyme

F-e-e-t.

God

OK, what about feet?

Thyme

Well, … why’d ya’ hafta make ‘em look so funny?

God

Well … now … I never thought of ‘em as lookin’ funny.

Thyme

Well, a’ course they do. They’re these big flappy things hangin’ offa the bottoms of our legs.

God

Well, I thought they were actually pretty cool inventions. I mean, consider what they do. They’re for balance and for walkin’, an’ runnin’ an … kickin’ soccer balls.

Thyme

An’ on top a’ bein’ funny lookin’, they’re sometimes smelly, God. Why, I think they’s one a’ yer flops.

God

Thyme, I’m not sure whether to be insulted or just change the subject. Fact is, I’m proud of feet. Without ‘em, you’d be up the creek.

Thyme

Well, I know we need ‘em, but couldn’t you have made ‘em more attractive?

I mean ya’ made hands, didn’t cha? Now hands are beautiful, but c’mon, God … FEET? Really! I jus’ think ya coulda done better.

God

Phew. Thyme, you are somethin’.

Thyme

Well, thank ya’, God. I’ll take that as a compliment. In the meantime, what about considerin’ makin’ a little change here. Now I gotta idea that ya’ could jus’ put another set a’ hands on down there replacin’ the feet. They sure would look better.

God

Uh huh.

Thyme

Ya’ see, this all got me ta’ thinkin’ that where ya’ made yer mistake was that ya’ almost had it right with the monkeys. Now their feet ARE like hands – long an’ graceful – not jus’ these ugly flappy things. Why the toes ‘re so short, ya’ can’t do anything with ‘em. They jus’ sit there. Now monkeys can do all sorts a’ things with their toes … hang from trees an’ even eat bananas. I couldn’t eat a banana with my foot if ya’ paid me! I figure this is where ya’ got it wrong. God. Ya’ jus’ went in the wrong direction. Instead a’ makin’ the toes short, ya’ shoulda made ‘em longer!

God

Uh huh.

Thyme

So this wouldn’t be a big change fer you ta’ make. I mean you can do anything ya’ set yer mind to, can’t cha? After all, ya’ made the whole world in 7 days! So whatcha think?

God

What do I think? I think you’ve either gone completely bananas on me or you’re just pullin’ my leg, if I had one.

Thyme

Well, let’s jus’ say I ain’t gone bananas. An’ yer right, God, I’ze jus’ pullin’ yer leg. That is, if ya’ had one.

God

Might you consider that we possibly have more important things ta’ talk about in our little get togethers?

Thyme

Aw c’mon God. I was jus’ funnin’ ya’. Where’s yer sense a’ humor, God? … God?

Yer gone again, ain’t ya’? Oh boy, now I gone an’ done it. Stupid, stupid, stupid! Can’t be playin’ no jokes on God, Thyme. Who do ya’ think ya’ are? Somethin’ so special that ya’ can jus’ waste these precious times.? Lord a’ mercy! Well I guess I got ma’ comeuppance this mornin’. (sigh) Stupid, stupid, stupid …

Havin’ A Talk With God

is a preview of a new Podcast Musical, which is actually Series 3 of Theater Of The Imagination’s Podcast!

Get to know Thyme Quinn — and through the course of her conversations with her good ol’ pal, God, — eavesdrop on the prayers of a most complex character searching for Truth in her daily struggle to understand her own complexities – complexities that we all struggle with daily.

We’ll be presentin’ this weekly, an’ doncha worry none, each episode won’t take ya’ more ‘an 5 or 6 minutes a shot. Along the way we promise lots a’ food for thought, a lotta laughs, an’ even a revelation or two regardin’ your own life.

Try it. He’s a different kinda God. He talks back … in plain English.

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Peter Link is an American composer, lyricist, music producer, stage director, and presently CEO/Creative Director of Watchfire Music, an on-line Inspirational record company and music store. During his career, Peter has been nominated twice for the Tony Award, including Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor and Joseph Papp’s production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, won the NY Critics’ Drama Desk Award for Salvation out of which came his first million-selling record, “(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You?”, and worked, mainly as a composer in a number of entertainment mediums ranging from pop music to Broadway, television, ballet, films and Inspirational music.
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