CHARITY

Gale Acuff

I don't want to die and go to Hell, I

go to church and Sunday School and never

miss and I'm ten years old and pray

at least once a day and read or try to

my Bible and try like the Devil not

to sin and I keep the Ten Commandments,

I've never committed adultery,

I've never coveted my neighbor's wife,

and I have no other gods before me,

before God that is, including Santa

and Batman and the Mighty Thor and I

think I've gotten saved enough times to count

against my trespasses but sometimes I

think that being a good boy's not enough,

I need to sacrifice more, I want to

be crucified you might say, I want to

snatch a baby out of traffic and give

my life even if I have to take it

over to the sidewalk and then run back

into the street again. It's how you give.