dark and light in the spirit of our weekend

O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie

gimme a break before I die

grant me wisdom will & wit,

purity, probity, pluck and grit.

Trustworthy, loyal, helpful and kind,

gimme great abs and a steel-trap mind,

and forgive, Ye Gods, some humble advice—

these little blessings would suffice

to beget an earthy paradise:

make the bad people good –

and the good people nice:

and before our world goes over the brink,

teach the believers how to think.

 

Philip Appleman