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| It's good to remember Psalms were written by David, the Lord's prayer by Jesus |
Hold us not accountable
For our mediocrity O Lord
Tear our enemies with your
Teeth O Mighty One before
They give us what for
Do not fail to hear our pleas
O You Who have snatched us
Mightily from the foreigners
Who envy our values
Our BMWs our McMansions
Our gorgeous weatherwomen
Our rock stars our bechained
Rappers though we dabbled on
Tinder we do not forget our
Promises altogether
We felt guilty guiltier
Than our enemies those
Unlearned simpletons
Repel them at our gates O
Protector these rabble whose
Islands we have washed away
We are always your people
Even when we slip up we
Do not forget our covenant
It’s still there sitting on the
Bookshelf the maid dusts it
Religiously keep us we pray
Safe from the scourge of Babylon
Those ragheads who bow five
Times daily to that other God
Allan I think I’d bow five times
Easy if that’s all it took but
You’ve got churches with mortgages
Endowment campaigns grounds
To tend Sunday schools to staff
You know it takes money time
Is money my time your money
It’s not such a great deal when you
Think about it so please hold up
Your end of the contract we
Worship with bucks so take care
Of us You are the Good One
And mighty in forgiveness You
Alone know how badly we have
Stumbled before and in Your
Steadfast kindness You have
Forgotten our flaws we’ll
Come around eventually and
Your powers of forgiveness
Are infinite we can’t wear You
Out you’ll always be there
We’re your people remember
Did we ask for special treatment
Hardly but now that we’re
Used to it can You deny us
It would look bad on your
Resume lets His favored perish
Now when we need You You’re
Going on vacation to let us
Dangle perilously in the wind
We’re sorry now and when things
Quiet down a bit it won’t be like
All the old times this time
We mean it
c. J.S.Manista, 2015
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