Biblical Parody

 
     A Kamiah, Idaho lady named Flora Teachman shares this Biblical parody, stating that her father, Clarence Hunt, penned it in 1984 at age 90.

     The government is my shepherd, therefor I need not work.
     It alloweth me to lie down on a good job.
     It leadeth me beside still factories. It destroyeth my initiative.
     It leadeth me in the path of a parasite for poitic's sake.
     Yes, though I walk through the valley of laziness and deficit spending, I will fear no evil for the government is with me.
     It prepareth an economic Utopia for me, by appropriating the earning of my grandchildren.
     It filleth my head with false security. My inefficiency runneth over.
     Surely the government should care for me all the days of my life!
     And I shall dwell in a fool's paradise. Forever.

 (Apologies for my month-long absence. At age 90 one is bound to have health blips on occasion, and so it was with me...a little hospital care to settle down a racing heart and lower the blood pressure. Now I'm back and feeling great again.)