I asked him.
On my walk today I passed Greenway-Yahweh, and stopped to introduce myself and tell him of Jake’s take on him.
He offered up that he is Jewish, and he nodded upon hearing Jake’s image of Yahweh on a park bench listening to the Mets. He seemed to agree this was a reasonable activity for the Almighty Creator, but pointed out to me his bright blue baseball hat. One caveat to Jake’s vision: Yahweh would prefer to focus on his love of the Florida Gators. I didn’t tell him this was ridiculous; how can Yahweh have time for the Florida Gators when he’s devoted to the Penn State Nittany Lions? Silly Greenway-Yahweh.
When I told him how I agreed with Jake that he looked like a New Yorker, Greenway-Yahweh shrugged his shoulders and nodded as if to imply it was the same place, and said ” I’m from Cleveland.”
Greenway-Yahweh seemed tickled to be considered a good earthly stand-in, and I can only hope his laughter was genuine and not a precursor to going home and telling his wife of the nutter he met on the Greenway, and then changing the path of his daily walk.
I can’t believe you asked him! This totally makes me smile.
I did!
But after you tell someone you’ve been discussing his resemblence to God, what do you do the next time you see him?
It could be awkward if he doesn’t have a sense of humor. =)