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Podcast: Bret Hammond
Episode: A Psalm for Bedtime; Psalm 4
Description: Did you say your prayers before bed last night? In "A Light in the Attic," Shel Silverstein offers his own skewed view on bedtime prayers, offering one that is honest, hilarious, and a little demented (as only Silverstein can do):
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
And if I die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my toys will break.
So none of the other kids can use 'em….Amen.
I'm amused at the candid selfishness in Silverstein's prayer. It feels a little too familiar. "If I can't have fun, no...