Miracles

Water, water everywhere,
But only Lourdes is holy.
In Kenmore Square
25,000 plastic flasks
Monthly reach the Boston faithful
($4 donation suggested)
The bishops concurred:
(Recession mailings are down)
The human miracle
Was Bernadette’s apparitions:
Psychosomatic Holiness.
In Africa today
The daily miracle:
Clean water beats dysentery.
No plastic flasks
Just clean cups
Outsmarting centuries of evil
God smiles contentedly
Proud that His greatest gift
Human Reason, once again
Outfoxes the sleepless devil.
Jesus, in his human phase,
Prays the filthy rich
Will multiply wells
Before droughts prevail,
Smothering daily miracles.