The Yearning Feed

THE STONERS

THE STON ERS Divine intervention arrived in the form of a 5’1” abuelita, two nuns from the Our Lady of Guadalupe, and a crowbar, who together, in a holy triumvirate, battle-rammed Jerry’s bedroom door armed with Bibles, prayers, rosary beads, and a vial of holy water collected from the Red Sea. The women entered, and each, in a coordinated effort, ripped heavy metal posters from Jerry’s bedroom walls, and cracked and doused sticks of incense near a smoldering ashtray on his nightstand, indisputable evidence of the disciple’s devoted offering to the prince of darkness. 40 The women threw bongs, pipes in all shapes and sizes. Esa! Esa! y esa! shouted Jerry’s abuelita, pointing an accusatory finger at the scowling men Scotch-taped to walls: Down fell Judas Priest Down fell Kiss Down fell King Diamond Down fell Slayer Down fell Testament Jerry’s metal posters that once glowered from his bedroom walls like a collage of sweat, leather, and fire, all exorcised beneath a mist of holy water and Aramaic tongue, Satan’s paraphernalia gathered in a gasoline-doused bundle at the foot of Jerry’s bed that would fatefully ignite to the match of religious pyrotechnics. 41 ...