Hi God,
If I had my druthers,
I’d prefer not to find myself
becoming old and crotchety.
I can probably cope with the getting old,
it’s the getting crotchety I’d like to escape.
Still, it’s a bit tough not being crotchety
when, on the sixth anniversary
of the invasion of Iraq,
no one much seems to care.
[REDACTED: intemperate rant]
You know what is in my heart.
My prayer today
is that you can help us learn:
that we’re all in this together;
that war and economic malaise are related;
that we only solve the one, by addressing the other.
Also, please have mercy on my soul,
sinner though I daily be.
Amen
Dear God,
I know (and You know) that I can’t bring myself
To believe that You’re there.
For the moment though,
Let me suspend my to-the-bone skepticism
And ask You for a favor.
Please do not remove Larry’s crochetude,
At least not all of it….
You’ve had experience with that trait
In some of Your favorite prophets.
Seriously – What’s one more crochety prophet to You?
Plus, since we humans seem intent on killing ourselves
And Larry is intent on trying to stop us,
I think he’s gonna need a bit of Crochetude
For the long lonely road ahead.
Amen.
— Roy · Monday March 23, 2009 · #