Re: Thanksgiving Prayer

This is beautiful and profound stuff, Rod-- brought a tear to my eye, it did!

--Sekhmet


Rod wrote:
>I give Thee thanks my Lord for the Emu and the Koala
>For the Platypus and the Southern Right Whale
>For the Sea Eagle and the Hairy Nosed Wombat
>Oh Lord! The Fat Tailed Dunnart!
>What a Bobby Dazzler!
>
>I give Thee thanks for Spring my Lord
>Even with the pollen, runny nose and bloodshot eyes
>I love Thy Spring and the foals that accompany it
>Foals my Lord! Brilliant work! Stunning fun!
>
>And Thy snakes are out my Lord
>Thy Copper Head and Red Bellied Black,
>Thy Brown and Tiger snakes
>With them come Thy insects
>Thrips in billions, Mozzies, Slaters and
>Thy Huntsman spiders, big as my hand,
>To feed on all.
>What's with all that Lord? ;-)
>
>Thy Wedge Tailed Eagle circles our property each day
>I give Thee thanks I am not Thy Bush Rat, Bandicoot or lamb
>Thy Budgerigar is so named to indicate "Good to eat"
>How the hell would anyone know Lord? ;-)
>
>For all Thy wonders in this Thy most splendid season
>I give Thee praise and thanks Lord
>Life's a hoot and I wouldn't be dead for quids.
>
>I drove home from a school trip to see Thy whales today Lord
>Thy whales are lazy, low lying and elusive
>But Thy Dolphins came out to play
>Will Thy not reconsider reincarnation Lord?
>Dolphin or Otter please.
>
>I drove home passed Thy foals and beneath Thy eagle Lord
>I did not drive over Thy Tiger Snake because he seemed safe distance
>
>Home...Thy house, Thy land placed in our care
>Home..in time to catch the NEWS.
>Here is the News my Lord..The Hundred and Eightysomething
>Airborne has caught some Iraqi looters stealing timber my Lord
>They had it strapped to the roof of their Taxi Cab
>There must have been 20-30 bucks worth of 2x4 pine Lord
>The GI's confiscated the timber Lord
>
>Then they drove their tank over the Taxi Cab
>
>"HOOO HAAAA..The 18? Does justice"!
>
>Of all Thy wondrous critters Lord
>Of all Thy splendid beasts
>Of all Thy things that frolic, fly and creep and crawl
>Humans?
>My God