Father, We Thank Thee
 
For the rattlesnake and polio,
Father, we thank thee.
For defective embryo,
Father, we thank thee.
For poison oak and killer bee,
Father, we thank thee.
For nuclear capability,
Father in heaven, we thank thee.
 
For Black Death, Hitler and Pompeii,
Father, we thank thee.
For HIV and KKK,
Father, we thank thee.
For drought and pinworm, flood and flea,
For ruinous fertility,
Father in heaven, we thank thee.
 
For eon of emergency,
Father, we thank thee.
For epoch of catastrophe,
Father, we thank thee.
For evil we can and cannot see,
For terror past and yet to be,
Father in heaven, we thank thee.
 
          by Emily Newland