Brief Conversation at Church Rummage Sale, Ten Years From Now
(scene: a large, fold out table topped with cardboard boxes. A sign taped on the front of the table reads “books” in Large, sharpie-written letters. Two very educated- looking types are browsing through the titles)
“Hey, The Da Vinci Code. Is this about Da Vinci?”
“I dunno. Read the Back.”
“Hey, I think I… was this that…” (dull flicker of awareness; instantly fades)
(short, uninterested pause) “That what?”
“I don’t know… (looks at the price) twenty cents… I don’t know… Nah. (drops the book in the cardboard box indifferently) Are you going to get that little statue?”
“Yeah, I think I’ll put it on my dashboard”
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Just Thomism 
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