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9/9 view from under the pew

Editor’s note: Amos, our erstwhile churchmouse poet, bumped into bertie woeworm last week, who was bemoaning the “sad state” of his life. Being a churchmouse, Amos is unable to use the keyboard shift keys and is unschooled in the art of punctuation.

bertie s lament – part two

i tell you bertie told me

i m the epitome

of mediocrity

but just then boss

rawley eagle came

flying by except he was

about two miles high

bertie i cried

an eagle i ve spied

oh help he cried

there s nowhere to hide

he ll eat me he ll eat

me he sighed even the

fish will be denied

oh mediocre me

scooped up to eternity

by now boss rawley

had landed and bertie

was belly-up with his

eyes closed

rawley asked why so grim

what s the matter with him

he thinks he s about

to die says i

but how can that be

since it s only me

says he

he thinks you re out

to chomp on him and that

his life is empty and slim

oh not so little bro -

i came to teach

you to fly a way up

high in that sky

but woeworms can t

fly in skies says i

oh they can fly if

they learn how to die

bertie rolled over right

side up wait a minute

there buttercup how can a

woeworm fly after he s

had to die i think it s a

big lie

oh no go-slow

rawley said and shook

his head you don t

understand the plan

man you can be free

from the land stan

you can be a butterfly

if you ll surrender and die

sure just jump in your

beak and lie there nice

and meek

no no you make a pretty

cocoon while you whistle

a sad-happy tune and then

in a deep sleep you will

swoon to come out a flier

at high noon

you mean you won t

eat me asked bertie

no not me says rawley

don t you see i came

to you out of the blue

to so love you that you

won t be afraid to die

but will start to mount

up on high with the

wings of a butterfly

you can live free says

he if you ll turn from

your -me- and trust

jesus victory

just die to self and sin

let jesus burst on in

woeworm butterflies can

win and worms and eagles

can be friends

and boss rawley gave

bertie the biggest hug

that slug ever had

and bertie actually

grinned exclamation

point

i have decided boss

that many a woeworm

among us could be

revived with a bit of

jesus love and a hug

amos