Dear Lord, we ask you if you will,
put your blessing on this meal.
We ask you Father, if it pleases,
protect us from these new diseases.
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Dear Brigid, I smiled all the way through this one. It's a lovely piece of light verse. Humor is one of mankind's saving graces, perhaps his only one. This is very well-done. All the best, Hugh
Absolutely brilliant. You know, we never had all these diseases before we had names for them! I blame all these anti-this and anti- that cleaning products, stopping all the poor kids getting a wee bit poisoned everyday, till they build up their immunity.....I think I'm turning into my mother! Danny p.s.10 from me.