Praise be to God for paths through the woods
hiking with boys, telling them to be good
In hopes that our hike won’t disturb nesting birds
or at least, keep your eyes out for interesting turds
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Praise be to God for words on a white board
lists of ideas in young memories stored
Sentences silly, creative, and real
Beautiful order of language revealed
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Praise be to God for challenging thoughts
About whether we should or whether we ought
Emulate people whose stories we find
Enter our worlds just to stretch heard and mind
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Praise be to God for getting away
with my oldest daughter on a Saturday
Drinking hot drinks and playing with words
found somewhere where we can be shamelessly nerds
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Praise be to God for brobdingnagian
Lists of words for Lorraine and Aggie’n
Me to collect and post on the wall
in hopes that we can make nerds of them all.