THE 23rd PSALM: A PRESENT DAY LAMENTATION

(compare Psalms 23, the Bible)

The politician is my shepherd...I am in want; 
He maketh me to lie down on park benches, 
He leadeth me beside still factories; 
He disturbeth my soul. 
Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of depression and recession, 
I anticipate no recovery, for he is with me. 
He prepareth a reduction in my salary in the presence of mine enemies; 
He anointeth my small income with great losses; 
My expenses runneth over. 
Surely unemployment and poverty shall follow me all the days of my life, 
And I shall dwell in a mortgaged house forever.

(What happens when we make our government our God)