“By prayer see Megapomp restored,”
Shouts Martext, pious creature.
Yes, God by supplication bored
From every droning preacher,
Exclaimed: “So be it, tiresome crew;
But I’ve a crow to pick with you.”
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God Complies
by Ambrose Bierce
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