prayer

save us from harm but do not give us hope

that's all we ask of any would-be god

to let us live our lives and simply plod

there's time enough to stretch out a rope

let it be even or else make it odd

save us from harm but do not give us hope

we've got our chance to make it and to cope

that's all we get from any divine bod

until we're planted firmly under sod

save us from harm but do not give us hope