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God's Betting Shop, another rediscovered piece

Friday, 23 August 2019

God's Betting Shop

God’s Betting Shop

michaelgcasey Uncategorized 23/08/2019 4 Minutes

God’s Betting Shop ©

Michael Casey

God walks amongst us, he is with us and for us, and against nobody, he does not give us riches here on Earth, he is not is one Faith, he is many and all Faiths and none at all. He does not help people become super rich, and despise the Leper, in fact he prefers the Lepers of Society, Society Matters to him, it his cuddly little teddy bear.

So a Betting Shop is indeed where God hangs out, he’s up the corner sweeping up the betting slips, he is the kid banging the thieving fixed odds machines that steal our money. In the old days the Gambling Shops used to boast, this establishment is air conditioned for your comfort. SMOKING was still allowed in them, gut wrenching smoke was everywhere, little wonder I for one never entered such a place. I think I did once to put a bet on the Grand National for my dad, it felt like going into a STD clinic or Brothel, I did not want to be spotted entering or leaving.

The irony is decades later I became a Trainee betting Shop Manager, one shop had a locked fire door from the outside, my life, the punters lives were not worth one month’s salary, about £1000, though there I earned much less. So what about God as he watches our despair as we pull our hair, know we shouldn’t be there. The Angels and the Saints are all crowded in around him watching those who have lost their way.

There is some Joy and Hope, and friends meet to place a bet then grab a pint of poison, or a real drink, before the wife kicks up a stink, you were supposed to buy Hush Puppies in the sale for the kids before school resumed after the Summer Hols. Instead you put money on a horse called Rose, because your wife’s religious calendar said it was Saint Rose of Lima’s saint’s day. Now you have lost everything, so she will strangle you with her Rosary beads.

Rose of Lima, looks and says God will you Bless Him, for sake of his children’s shoes. God says nothing, the man leaves and stumbles his way home. He helps an old lady carry her heavy bags to the bus stop. He even helps her on the no.11 bus by Saint Mary’s, as she gets on she drops an envelope full of cash. She does not notice, salvation is before him in the gutter. The man is tempted, but he bangs on the side of the bus and hands the old lady her money. God Will Bless You, she says her piercing blue eyes look directly into his.

The man gets home and his wife kisses him tenderly. But,but, but he does not understand. In the living room there are packages galore. It’s like Christmas. Where did these come from? Your friend the old lady came by hours ago with her daughter Rose, they brought everything, they said you did them a big favour, they brought all this. His wife described the old lady. It was the one he helped only a few minutes ago. The man’s head swum. He could not understand.

As he ate his dinner, his children, were so happy, the man was confused. The old lady said you had saved her son Martin years ago, the man’s head swum, what was going on. Many years ago he’d saved somebody’s life by putting his fingers in the stab wounds to stop him bleeding to death. But he’d never met the old woman till today, a few minutes ago, what was going on what was going on.

After dinner his wife handed him an envelope, it was the very same one he’d returned to the old lady when she had dropped it. There was £5000 in it, plus a note. All you need is love, and you have such a beautiful family. Today we have placed a bet on your Future. Martin is my “son” just as your are, he has been praying for you every day of his life, he has been made Bishop today, and he is still praying for.

In the Betting shop, the old lady dropped an envelope the exact same one the man had, but now it appeared to hold nothing but a Rosary made of string and knots. Nobody noticed, all except God, Mum I can refuse you nothing, the Prayers you say Tomorrow will have helped Yesterday. I know Son, but it is Rose of Lima’s feast day and I did not want the man’s children to go barefoot.

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The Nature of Love. a rediscovered piece

The Nature of Love (c)

Michael Casey

As you all know I've been enjoying Her Private Life a Kdrama Romantic Comedy, they are like

Coronation Street with James Bond production values, though obviously Korean girls are far prettier.

In this particular Kdrama, He thinks the She is a Lesbian, but she is not. But he pretends to be her

boyfriend from Super Fans, which is very Korean mania, a bit like Trumpianism but without all the lies

kind of. Judge for yourselves.

Now tonight as I watched it I saw struck by a simple thought, expressed through the Kdrama, without

any drama really. In the story a Photographer left his final photos to a Writer friend of his before dying.

The reveal was the the pretend couple were overheard taking by the Writer. And the girl said, and she

was a secret Kpop snapper, there is Love in his eyes, the eyes of the dead Photographer. And the final

published photo has a title, but it had been mistranslated. It should say Hi not Goodbye, apparently

there in Korean that means both, and forgive me I was reading sub titles. So if you are Korean in the

street and you see me, don't slap me for my ignorance.

The point was the Photographer loved the Writer more than just a friend of 30 years. It was a Gay

friendship but never expressed, just repressed. So the Writer was wondering did his Photographer friend

know he loved him back even though he did not dare say it, due to his upbringing. The Art gallery man

from the pretend couple said, of course he did, as a Photographer sees things that a photographer would

see. Just as an Artists sees things too, the Art guy was an Painter too. So it was sweet to see these few

minutes of a Kdrama, express Love in another way.

Immediately some of you hate hate I've just said. But Love is Love is a true expression of Reality. Yes it

is so boring, when people boast I am Gay, just like in Little Britain on tv in UK years ago, before

Wokism killed Comedy. Just Live and Let Live, just don't push your opinion down our throats. Who

are you to judge anyway, Linda the Deep Throat Political commentator?

But all Love is good, just don't make women blush and startle the horses in the street. Yes it is better to

love and lost than never ave loved at all. It is better there were no cobwebs where love should have

emerged. It is better the soft kiss instead of the stinging nettle. A year, 10, 20, 30, 40 or more, or just far

far less than none at all. Or being abandoned and rejected, can make you bitter.

But you have memories of kisses and more, broken beds and tables, discarded clothes everywhere, and

much much more. And if you have kids after your coupling, then you have kids doing all the damage

and leaving a trail of rubbish everywhere. And life goes on till the love stops. Today was also a

memorial for somebody who was much loved, a church filled with love.

So the mix of events primed the pump for these words, love can last a lifetime, it can end tragically, it

can also just die, and wither away. So enjoy every second of it.

Then watch Kdramas for the Comedy and Pathos, and maybe just may you'll have a happy ending,

Love conquering all, despite the twists and turns, and no I'm not talking about Karma Sutra. Just to

some soppy Kramas with music and comedy and James Bond production values. And maybe just maybe

they'll open a Korea food shop in your street, and the girl there will fall madly in love with you,

you marry have 4 kids and form a Kpop family.

I do like happy endings, as my Tinnitus roars in my ears, and I wish I wish.

If only you all bought just one book, I'd be able to move house

BUT

Zuckerberg and Bezos being my removal men and giving my daughter a job at Vogue

to write and present her own London Life documentary series

is more likely to happen

or do I just Fold twice over

Thursday, 24 July 2025

For my Brazilian Nuts from the gorilla with a Rosary from Birmingham England

THANK YOU for reading my rubbish

a few prayers for my Health in return maybe, and maybe a new place to write from

If you think this Sancho Panza or Casey Minimus is worth it

Wednesday, 23 July 2025

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Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Ozzie Osbourne back rocking Heaven

22/07/2025 ~ michaelgcasey ~ Edit

The Dead and The Living

08/09/2023 ~ michaelgcasey ~ Edit”The Dead and The Living”

I wrote this in Nov 1987 on a Sunday on the way to work

I remember Keith Jackson saying it was poetic as I corner him

with the snatch I’d written

The Dead and The Living (c)

Michael Casey

I first saw a deceased when I was nine years old ,my father said not

to worry as the dead are the same as the living , only the laughter

has left them , the sparkle has gone from their eyes , the worry has

been lifted from their shoulders , and their voice has vanished to

eternity .

In paradise the sparkle will return for it is the twinkle of the

stars , the laughter will return too for it is the morning breeze and

the turning tides are their sides shaking with laughter .

I treat the deceased with the same courtesy as I give to the living,

though I find the deceased are always more polite . My father also

had a few words to say about the living .

He said that the living are only the caretakers of the soul , yet

they think their existence is everything , that they know everything

because they experience many things with their senses .

What the living don’t acknowledge is that their time is short and

when I lay their bodies to rest then their souls continue without

them , without their strong , without their weak , without their

beautiful or even ugly temporary form , to where I cannot say , only

that it is a better place .

Percy the undertaker placed the lid on the coffin ,the soul was free

THE BEGINNING

*****

from The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker by Michael Casey (me)

Monday, 21 July 2025

1st Class Honours , my small daughter got the official notification so I take all the credit

1st Class Honours , my small got the official notification so I take all the credit

all the tomato soup at 3 am when she was a child

waking me up for soup

Now she is a BA from a very very very famous University

so I'm happy enough to cry

and I did, now if I can live a few years to she her shine more

Ckd stage 4 etc is no fun

and she gave me her Flu too, proving that Love is sharing

Brazil and HK you are really really reading me

or is it the KGB and FSB hiding their IP

I have to go back to bed again now

a few days is bed is giving me bed sores

so who'll want to wash me

I need a bath and shave again

and a softer mattress

Thanks for passing by everybody

an MZ 6 inches shorter on the toga

but turn slowly or you will be displaying

your Compilations

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Friday, 25 July 2025