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New School Prayer

 

Now I sit me down in school

 

where praying is against the rule.

 

For this great nation under God

 

finds mention of Him very odd.

 

If Scripture now the class recites,

 

it violates the Bill of Rights.

 

And anytime my head I bow

 

becomes a Federal matter now.

 

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,

 

that's no offense; it's a freedom scene.

 

The law is specific, the law is precise.

 

Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

 

For praying in a public hall

 

might offend someone with no faith at all.

 

In silence alone we must meditate,

 

God's name is prohibited by the state.

 

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,

 

and pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.

 

They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.

 

To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

 

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,

 

and the 'unwed daddy', our Senior King.

 

It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,

 

we're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.

 

We can get any kind of birth controls,

 

study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.

 

But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,

 

no word of God must reach this crowd.

 

It's scary here I must confess,

 

when chaos reigns the school's a mess.

 

So, Lord, this silent plea I make:

 

should I be shot; my soul please take!

 

Amen

 

 

This poem was posted on the Bagdad AZ Public Bulletin board on 1/28/00.


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