Thoughts And Prayers

Are bolstered not

By evidence or proof

Rather coincidences, plus

Circumstance and timing

In order to satiate

A fragile narcissistic ego

That one is doing something

When one is actually not

If one does a rain dance

Long enough

Eventually, it will rain



One will win once in a while

In a lottery or game of chance

Usually, a smaller amount

Than the fantasized gross

But you still have to buy a ticket

Having done something

In order to get paid

Movement and action

Are what gives satisfaction


“Just be who you are and work hard for a living, for that’s better than pretending to be important and starving to death.”

Proverbs 12:9 TPT



However, if you want

Something to happen

It’s best to pick up a shovel

Use your hands

At the end of your mind

Wishing and hoping

Will move as much dirt

As will a thimble

Emptying the ocean


“National Day of Prayer, F*** you. You think you’re doing something….. you’re not. You can sit at home and cry jinx and keep your fingers crossed too. It does as much good.

You want to pray, pray all day. Pray on your own time. You wanna help?  Grab a shovel, and start digging there pinwheel,  because it looks like your god, takes Tuesdays (September 11, 2001) off.”

– Doug Stanhope