Power Shorts Daily: Dreams of Bad Jesus
One night I dreamed that in the twinkling of an eye Jesus returned and gathered all the powerful, the rich, and the depraved for a first-class trip to heaven. When I asked what would happen to the rest of us, Jesus said, “My child, I promised all along that the meek, the poor, and the kind would inherit the earth.” He scanned the horizon, wrinkled his nose in disgust, and said, “You can have it!” And with that, the blessed procession ascended into the clouds, bound for the heavenly city with its streets of gold.
When I woke up, I decided no more eating salami and peperoncini just before bed.
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Good one. Don’t want to seem impudent but I think it would have been better without the second paragraph. Just seems like an unnecessary appendage.
Thanks for the feedback. I’m always interested in what others think!
Where do you come up with this shit? LOL!
Hmmm, must be too much salami and peperoncini.
Thanks for the comment! 
I had a boyfriend once who used to claim pickles gave him weird dreams. Try those next and see what you come up with tomorrow!
Okay! I’m always willing to try something new for story ideas.
How funny….i too have had strange dreams after eating .
Cool post !
Thanks!
I thought it was only the drink that worked wonders like this. Another beauty Rick.
Thanks, Chris.
No problem.
Awesome, great post! I had a dream lately about a demon that was tormenting me in a house. I asked him “Why don’t you read these books?” (we were in the study) He threw the books at me yelling “I have read all of these books, thousands of times! I can break down these walls!” “But…you can’t leave can you?” “…no.” Turned out, he was just lonely and had nothing else to do.
Oh, I know the feeling!
Very nice.
Brilliant!
Thanks again!
Abso-friggin’-lootely brilliant, hilarious in a manner of speaking but at the same time, profound. Your genius is showing!
Thanks, John! I appreciate the kind words.
Oh that’s a good one!
This is so great. In such a short piece you addressed religion and social inequality in such an elegant way. I somewhat agree with the first comment, however, that the second paragraph adds unnecessary bulk to the story, but that’s just my opinion.
Thanks for the comment. And thanks for your faithful reading of my blog! I appreciate your feedback.
My pleasure Rick!
love it, and as for the second paragraph sounds like to me your sense of humour coming through
That’s what I was going for.
Thanks for the comment.
I thought so I can tell a fellow wicked sense of humour
always with me hence name wickedywitch xx
But according to the Short Stories of Rick Mallery, they will find St. Peter with a foreclosure sign in heaven. hehe
Yeah! Good association.
Hahaha.
Your absolute best, but, what the hey, they’re all great!
Wow, glad you liked it Billy Ray!
Thanks for your faithful support!!!
Ha ha, the Jesus on Family Guy did that in a sketch too!!! Very funny.
Oh, I’m gonna have to find that!
Thanks for letting me know.
Loved this!
And the controversial second paragraph?
Very funny.
Thanks for the feedback!
Glad you liked it.
Haha, oh my.
Also,I don’t know how you found my post for I never got me visiting me before and that is so awesome!!, so I just wanted to thank you for the like on my post/following me!!
I use WordPress Reader to look at blogs with certain tags. Looks like the tag I used to find you was “writing”.
Thanks for visiting in return. 
*me is suppose to be people. xD
I understood.
Very funny, course my sense of humor aligns with this sort of stuff! That would solve our problems, wouldn’t it? Would make ‘Heaven on Earth’ a reality if the people destroying it went elsewhere! Thanks for visiting my blog earlier!
It was my pleasure to visit your blog, and thanks so much for visiting mine in return and for your kind comments!
I’m glad it was just a dream. For a few seconds, I was very afraid.
Me too!
Thanks for the comment. 
I’m not sure the salami was altogether to blame. Jesus might have been partly responsible too.
Thanks for the visit and the comment, Jane. Maybe I should listen more carefully to what my salami is telling me.
Like!
Thanks!
Love this, Rick (and the second para is perfect)
That was great!!
Thanks so much!
The last line detracted, but it was a wry bit of observation up till then.
Thanks for the feedback!
Loved it
I dream about God but I never get that sense of humor in mine..its always the Garden, the sky falling, ascent. I need some salami, I think.
In all seriousness, one can analyze a dream to pieces, or take it as is.
Or both…
Thanks for the comment!