Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OF GOD AND MAN, by F. G. WEIBAULT


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OF GOD AND MAN, by                    
First Line: When god made man, it was his one mistake
Last Line: Relieved to find man's vanished from his sight.
Subject(s): Creation


When God made man, It was His one mistake
And imperfection in His godliness.
He must have smiled when He baked the clay and spake
The word that made man's life a sorry mess:
And maybe felt a wild hilarity
When clownish man upon his knees partook
Of prayer; damned wife with some asperity;
Or boasted of having invented the shepherds' crook.
"He isn't much on beauty," God said perhaps,
"But by my blessed godhead, the creature's funny."
God fell asleep, and let some time elapse
(His snores becoming the Church's patrimony)
Before He wakens from celestial night
Relieved to find man's vanished from His sight.





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