Kaflinn byrjar \u00e1 stefi sem vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum s\u00e9\u00f0 fyrr. Fl\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 markar n\u00fdtt upphaf. Ritstj\u00f3rar 1. M\u00f3seb\u00f3kar endurtaka blessun Gu\u00f0s \u00far 1. kaflanum. “Veri\u00f0 frj\u00f3samir, fj\u00f6lgi\u00f0 ykkur og fylli\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0ina.” \u00dea\u00f0 er reyndar \u00e1hugavert a\u00f0 h\u00e9r \u00ed 9. kaflanum er blessunin \u00ed karlkyni en hvorugkyni \u00ed 1. kaflanum (alla vega \u00ed \u00edslensku \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingunni fr\u00e1 2007).<\/p>\n
S\u00e1ttm\u00e1li Gu\u00f0s er einhli\u00f0a \u00ed 9. kaflanum. Gu\u00f0 lofar a\u00f0 endurtaka ekki fl\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0. Regnboginn skal vera til marks um a\u00f0 fl\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 ver\u00f0i ekki endurteki\u00f0. \u00c9g \u00e1 erfitt me\u00f0 \u00feennan texta eins og marga a\u00f0ra. Hann rifjar upp n\u00e1ms- og vinnufer\u00f0 til New Orleans, 15 m\u00e1nu\u00f0um eftir Katar\u00edna. \u00dear var\u00f0 fl\u00f3\u00f0, eins og s\u00f6nnun \u00feess a\u00f0 s\u00e1ttm\u00e1linn v\u00e6ri fallinn \u00far gildi. \u00dea\u00f0 var s\u00e9rkennilegt a\u00f0 keyra framhj\u00e1 h\u00fasum \u00fear sem m\u00e1la\u00f0 haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 \u00e1 fj\u00f6ldi l\u00e1tinna innanh\u00fas, a\u00f0 kynnast kerfisbundnu \u00f3r\u00e9ttl\u00e6tinu, a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hvernig g\u00f3\u00f0mennskan laut \u00ed l\u00e6gra haldi fyrir sj\u00e1lfhverfu stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lamanna og a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hvernig blinda \u00e1 hugmyndafr\u00e6\u00f0i frj\u00e1lshyggjunnar ger\u00f0i vonlausar a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur enn verri.<\/p>\n
En \u00ed mi\u00f0ju alls \u00feess voru h\u00fasin hans Edge \u00ed U2. N\u00fdbygg\u00f0, margir tugir af \u00feeim, r\u00e9tt vi\u00f0 “9th ward” af sj\u00e1lfbo\u00f0ali\u00f0um, ungu f\u00f3lki, tr\u00fau\u00f0u f\u00f3lki, tr\u00faleysingjum, h\u00e1sk\u00f3lanemum og eldri borgurum sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u gefi\u00f0 s\u00e9r t\u00edma til a\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpa til, sumir \u00ed viku a\u00f0rir \u00ed m\u00e1nu\u00f0i. H\u00fasin voru \u00ed \u00f6llum regnbogans litum, bygg\u00f0 fyrir t\u00f3nlistarmenn sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u misst allt \u00ed fl\u00f3\u00f0inu. \u00cd mi\u00f0ri eymdinni birtist regnboginn e\u00f0a eins og \u00feeir syngja \u00ed U2, “After the Floods All the Colors Came Out<\/a>.”<\/p>\n \u00dea\u00f0 var l\u00edka \u00f3gleymanlegt a\u00f0 keyra \u00e1 br\u00fanni yfir Pontchartrain vatni\u00f0 \u00feegar vi\u00f0 yfirg\u00e1fum mi\u00f0borg New Orleans \u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0asta sinn og sj\u00e1 s\u00f3lstafina yfir borginni, eins og lj\u00f3s af himnum ofan. En \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir \u00fea\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 er spurningunni ekki svara\u00f0. Man Gu\u00f0 ekki eftir s\u00e1ttm\u00e1lanum sem Gu\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, fyrr en eftir fl\u00f3\u00f0in?<\/p>\n \u00dea\u00f0 er \u00e1hugavert a\u00f0 blyg\u00f0unin er ekki horfinn \u00far l\u00edfi mannanna \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir hreinsunina. En kannski er vi\u00f0 h\u00e6fi a\u00f0 skilja fr\u00e1s\u00f6guna af br\u00e6\u00f0runum fyrst og fremst sem \u00e6ttflokkadeilur, \u00fear sem \u00cdsraelsmenn finna r\u00e9ttl\u00e6tingu \u00e1 fyrirlitningu sinni \u00e1 Kanaan\u00edtum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kaflinn byrjar \u00e1 stefi sem vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum s\u00e9\u00f0 fyrr. Fl\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 markar n\u00fdtt upphaf. Ritstj\u00f3rar 1. M\u00f3seb\u00f3kar endurtaka blessun Gu\u00f0s \u00far 1. kaflanum. “Veri\u00f0 frj\u00f3samir, fj\u00f6lgi\u00f0 ykkur og fylli\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0ina.” \u00dea\u00f0 er reyndar \u00e1hugavert a\u00f0 h\u00e9r \u00ed 9. kaflanum er blessunin \u00ed karlkyni en hvorugkyni \u00ed 1. kaflanum (alla vega \u00ed \u00edslensku \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingunni fr\u00e1 2007).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34,39,69,70,85,89,118,124,147],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lestur","tag-community","tag-crap","tag-gender","tag-gods-plan","tag-hruni","tag-injustice","tag-politics","tag-racism","tag-storytelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}