✧ THE BOOK OF THE BUTT-JUW ✧
Chapter II – The Wandering in CoSINa
And it came to pass that the Butt-Juws wandered forty years in the parking lots of CoSINa, yea, between the Taco Bell and the Walgreens.
Their sandals were worn, their receipts were long, and their coupons did rot in their wallets like manna turned to mold.
They cried unto Heaven, saying: Where is he who hath horns, who shall wash his border with drinking water?
And the clouds gave no reply, save the faint sound of shopping carts colliding in the night.
Lo, the Butt-Juws gathered about the jawbone of a donkey, propped upon a bollard, and they spake unto it: Tell us when the horned man shall come.
And the jawbone opened, saying: Not until thy butts are fully seasoned with the dust of CoSINa shall the horned redeemer appear.
Verily, the people wept, for their butts were chafed and un-anointed.
Yea, they drank from vending machines, but the water was warm and cost $3.29.
And the horned redeemer tarried, washing not his border, and the Butt-Juws perished in thirst and ennui.
But one among them, a prophet named Jerributt, rose and cried: Lo, the day cometh when horns of aluminum shall pour forth Aquafina, and the border shall glisten like unto a baptism.
And the crowd clapped weakly, for they were tired, and the parking lot security lights buzzed like locusts.