It Doesn't Need Much Explaining

The New School Prayer

Author Unknown

Now I sit me down in school
where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
finds mention of Him very odd.

If scripture now the class recites
it violates the Bill of Rights.
And any time my head I bow
becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange, or green,
that's no offense, it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks
And pierce our noses, tongues, and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns but first the Bible
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We'll elect a pregnant Senior Queen
and the unwed daddy our Senior King.
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong
We're taught that such "judgments" don't belong.

We can get our condoms and birth control,
study witchcraft, vampires, and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed
no word of God may reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess.
When chaos rules the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot, my soul please take.

Amen.