The Biddy Sparrow

“What’S Them Biddy Sparrows Doing NowPapa?” Corliss Cameron Age 7 Althoughblind From Birth Possessed An Insatiablethirst To Know The World Around Her“Them Biddy Sparrows Going For Thathunk Of Bread Baby Girl. Them Sparrows Arescrappers Just Like You.”One Day The Blind Girl’S Curiosity Turnedtoward Theology. “What’S God Look LikePapa?”“Don’T Know.”“Never Seen Him?“No.”“Tell Me If You See God Papa.”Suddenly The Man Recalled Beholding Aportrait Of The Almighty--Michaelangelo’Sfamous Fresco The Creation Of Adam.“God Was Sort Of Fat Corliss And He Had Awhite Beard.”“Is God Santa Claus Papa?”The Little Blind Girl’S Pursuit Of Godbegan On Santa’S Lap At The Mall. “Are Yougod Santa?”This Year’S Santa Claus Was A 24 Year Oldgraduate Student--A Religion Major And Anatheist. Jolly St. Nick Had Few Good Tidingsto Tell The Blind Girl About Christianity.The Following Day Sitting Atop The Stepsof An Old Building Father And Daughter Fedthe Pigeons. “What Is This Place Papa?”The Man Stood In Search Of Someindication. He Saw Some Words On The Wall.Around 1932 The Sign Read Pentecostalunion Church In Old English Letters. It Hadnever Been Touched Up And Several Letterswere Faded Or Completely Washed Out. “Ithink It Says This Is The Peanut Onion ChurchCorliss.”“Can We Go To The Peanut Onion ChurchPapa?”“For Sure Corliss.”The Little Girl’S Pursuit Of God Continuedthat Sunday On The Back Pew Of Thepentecostal Union Church. For The Specialoccasion Mike Bought His Daughter A Newdress From Goodwill--Actually It Was Adiscarded Uniform From The Bishop Fulton J.Sheen Catholic Girl’S School. Mike Camerondidn’T Know The Difference.