Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRAYER FOR LAUGHTER, by MADELINE SLADE


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PRAYER FOR LAUGHTER, by                    
First Line: Dear lord, to preserve my sanity
Last Line: Should be the means of releasing me!
Subject(s): Peace


Dear Lord, to preserve my sanity
Midst chaos which threatens to swallow me,
Help me, no matter what ill fate brings,
To look for the funny side of things!
Help me, above all else, to keep
My sense of humor when I would weep.
Let not my fellow-men cause distress;
Lord, make me to realize their funniness!
Help me to find the humor in pain
That throbs all day in my tired brain --
(To keep me constantly well aware
Of the brain's oft-doubted presence there!)
Send me a hearty laugh to calm
My quivering nerves with its magic balm ...
And when Death comes, with lugubrious mien,
O Lord, may I chuckle with mirth serene
That a dour old spook as dread as he
Should be the means of releasing me!





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