Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is, of course, the Six Sentence Story.
Denise is still the host.
This week, the prompt word is
EPIC
A sudden memory of childhood in Kerioth, caused the quietly-reserved man to tug at his robes, while awkwardly leaning against the man he’d devoted his life to, “It’s not how much they’ll hate me, I can live with that, but are you totally sure this is the only way?”
“Sorry, man, it’s got to be this way,” his friend and teacher spoke with a self-consciousness rarely observed by the other eleven men gathered for a late night meal; with the exception of the two men talking quietly, the others shared a boisterous camaraderie more common to members of the military than men of the cloth.
“Its just seems so unnecessary,” his eyes betraying a passionate devotion, pitched his voice low enough to achieve the illusion of privacy with the man to his right, “I mean you’re here to get things back on track, just the simplest of lessons, to do unto others as you would; why go up against the local establishment when we could just head out on the road, preaching by the village, an epic confrontation seems so wasteful, not to mention, dangerous.”
“Sorry, man, you know I don’t have sole editing authority on this story; I hate to do this to you, but other than John, there’s no one in our group who has what it takes to do what I need you to do.”
From one end of the long table, in a volume that pushed aside the other conversations, came, “Yo, Iscariot, don’t go spending all our collection money; hey, Jesus, you know I’m your boy, right?”
A sad resolution pulled at the face of the guest of honor and, in a miracle visible only to his friend, he took a piece of bread, dipped it into the cup of wine, and handed it to Judas, “Like we planned, see you on the other side.”
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Excellent re-telling. Perhaps one day, we will discover if that is how it really went down.
ty
Interesting telling of this, and strange that I was thinking about this relationship just this morning. Well done.
thanks, Pat.
Funny how ideas for stories stick to our metaphorical pants cuffs and its only after I leave the woods (wandering the internets) there it is and if it’s sufficiently intriguing, then what else can a blog writer do?
Love the take on this. And I love Listz. He was a player! and not only of the piano.
Thanks, man. (what’s the old joke, Roman hands and Russian fingers?)
I had never thought of Judas as a Clark, John, definitely.
I re-read this a few times and it is a well crafted take on The Supper as well as group relationships between Clarks in the presence of Rogers.
Very nicely done.
thanks
Interesting six! Love your language.
Thanks, Lisa
Quite fascinating!
Thanks, M
(…the fun and power of ‘what if’)