Electrical tape without the casing |
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Black. Sticky. In a plastic awkward-looking but ultimately
practical casing. Electrical tape – meant to wrap around and hold together
wires that conduct power.
Waterproof. Most tape is not but electrical tape must be.
Water and electricity are not a good combo-platter.
Faith. Always a sticky subject. Always cased in awkward
containers – buildings, ugly and stunningly beautiful. Bread – tasty or powdery
and tasteless. Bibles – disputed and worshipped casings, more awkward than practical.
Faith. Meant to hold the power of the unknown together with
human power. Two entities which rival the power of electricity.
Faith. Waterproof? Ha! Any faith constructed to be
impermeable will surely prove to be a useless tape. The very essence of
believing is some power beyond ourselves is acknowledging the holes that can be
poked through by others, by science, by rationality, by experience.
One tape is quite as good as any other until you need the
cord to the leaf blower patched up so you can blow leaves and walk through the
puddles created by your uneven yard.
One faith is quite as good as any other until you want the
practical version that mends you when broken and protects you from the depths
of despair.