Hello God. It's me, Mara

You know, Lord, a playground scene was observed by Gloria Guggino. In 1978 she wrote about it, entitled it: “Playground Charade.”  

Her abridged viewpoint follows:

“The scene before me was a treat to behold. A group of children romped in a playground. Memories were awakened — days of carefree play, long gone from reality but not from memory.  Swings were a favorite pastime, looks like they still are.  So was baseball. Yes, there was a youngster running his legs off to make a home run.

  “However, something strange disturbed my reverie. There was an ominous silence, so unusu...