Last Pew in a Reformed Church
The last pew in a Reformed church sits a family. It began with two seated, then three, then four, then five. It was five for a long time. Decades. Then it became 6, then it became 7. Then number 3 and number 7 brought forth an 8th. Sometimes the 8th brings upon the attention of the whole section. Sometimes 7 needs to stand up with 8 in the back. Sometimes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 are busy and it’s just 1 and 2. But 3,4,5,6,7,8 are never too far away. They still return once, twice, three times a month. Sometimes 0. Eventually there will be 9, 10, 11, 12; perhaps more. Perhaps the family in the last pew in a church will require 2 pews. Decades will pass as a 2 pew family. But then 1 and 2 will grow old. 4 and 6 and 10 and 11 will remain with 5 and 12. 3, 7, 8, and 9 will move away. Back to 1 pew. 1 and 2 watch online. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be required to sit in the first pew twice. First for 1, then for 2 sometime later. Pieces of 1 and 2 sit on the mantles of 3, 4, and 5. Some of 1 is scattered in the woods of Florence County, Wisconsin and the mountains of Bozeman, Montana. Some of 2 is scattered behind the school which is behind the church, and behind site 25 of Hartman Creek State Park, Wisconsin. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 return to the last pew. Sometimes all together, sometimes separately. Sometimes frequently, sometimes not at all. But they do return. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 will return to 1 and 2. They will sit together in a pew, perhaps the first, perhaps the last. Definitely forever.
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