WE WANT to walk on the water, Lord;
(Act of no actual service To any man —
But terribly grand For the self-esteem!)
Don't ask us to feed the multitudes;
Our hands might suddenly
Smell of fish,
And crumbs would catch
In our trouser cuffs.
MARJORIE LOU STUMP. (The Christian Century, Sept. 1966)
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