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Joey and Delilah

November 8, 2022 11 Comments

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When Joey saw the movie Samson and Delilah on his tenth birthday, he was of two minds about Samson. He loved how Samson’s prayer split open the sky. Loved how the Lord’s strength poured into his arms. And loved how he upended the chariots of his Philistine oppressors, crushed their skulls with an ass’s jawbone, and then snapped his chains like they were marsh reeds.

But when Samson encountered the lion earlier, Joey hated him for killing it.

Just as he hated his father for drowning Delilah, the tabby he’d cared for all his life, after she became half-blind and incontinent.

By Fred D. White

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  1. David says

    November 8, 2022 at 3:00 am

    Loved the description of the film through the child’s eyes.

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  2. yogita says

    November 8, 2022 at 4:16 am

    Well described..poignant

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  3. Lena says

    November 8, 2022 at 4:45 am

    Beautifully done!

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  4. Scott says

    November 8, 2022 at 9:22 am

    Like a good bourbon.

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    • Leo says

      November 8, 2022 at 11:29 am

      I’ll drink to that!

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  5. Jon Gluckman says

    November 9, 2022 at 7:30 am

    Riveting. Wonderfully executed. You had me from the first sentence.

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    • Gilda Candela says

      November 9, 2022 at 9:54 am

      You captured how it is to be “triggered” by past traumatic events. Very well written.

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  6. Anna says

    November 9, 2022 at 3:04 pm

    Fabulous

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  7. Sandra says

    November 9, 2022 at 6:21 pm

    Love the Biblical parallel. Sad ending. Perfect.

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    • Kelly Louisa Balliu says

      November 12, 2022 at 4:43 am

      Yes, fantastic analogy! Well done 🙂

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  8. Miche hart says

    November 10, 2022 at 4:57 pm

    Wow ? brilliant

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