Kelley Truax

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Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule,
For this great nation under God
Finds public mention of him odd.
Any prayer a class recites
Now violates the Bill of Rights.
Any time my head I bow
Becomes a federal matter now.
Teach us of stars, of pole and equator
But make no mention of their Creator;
Tell of exports in Demark and Sweden
But now a word of what Eve did in Eden.
The law is specific, the law is precise:
Praying aloud is no longer nice;
Praying alound in a public hall
Upsets believers in nothing at all.
In silence alone can we meditate
And if God gets the credit... great!
This rule, however, has a gimmick in it:
You've got to be finished in less than a minute
So all I ask is a minute of quiet
If I feel like praying, then maybe I'll try it;
If not, oh Lord, this plea I make,
If I die in school, my soul you'll take!
~~author unknown~~