Lewis Eron Poems

Dear God,
Heavenly Bookkeeper
You better not err this year.
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Shabbat in Sivan starts too late
And ends too late
The sun never seems to set
Nor stars appear
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A baboon has very pretty tushie
Not like ours that are fat and mushy.
His is colorful, tight and firm
Our’s like to bounce and wiggle and squirm
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Little Prayers for little Jews
Pleas in God’s small claims court
Petty sins and grand nothings
No real felonies for jolly good fellows
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I did not know what to say
Until I had to say it
And what I said I do not know
But never will they forget it
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Don’t forget,
Old men are dangerous!
With little to lose,
And a world to gain,
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Death is no mere farm hand
But an agronomist, an expert,
A planner, a bureaucrat,
God's secretary of Agriculture.
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Welcome to our ICU
Our hands are clean, our scrubs are blue
Our faith is strong, our words are true
We will take good care of you
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from Richard Snell Wood 1951-2010

Dickie’s dead!
Though no one called him “Dickie”
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Is this the day the Lord has made? Monday?
Running back to work with Sunday’s tasks undone —
Housework, yard work and a funeral, no weekend fun
For me, still tired from Saturday’s service. I pray
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