THE PARROT
...je suis quelque peu bavard ...
Did you say something
Lord?
Oh! I thought
you were speaking to me.
You are silent?
Are you afraid
I shall tell
your secrets?
It's true
I'm a little talkative
but, at times,
that is useful:
heads are thick,
slow to understand,
and have to be told things
again and again.
If you need me,
I am your servant,
one who never grows tired
repeating the same word
again and again,
which has its power;
I may grow tedious
but people listen
in spite of themselves;
and what is repeated stays in my memory.
When may I serve
your infinite wisdom?
Think of it, Lord.
Amen
Lord?
Oh! I thought
you were speaking to me.
You are silent?
Are you afraid
I shall tell
your secrets?
It's true
I'm a little talkative
but, at times,
that is useful:
heads are thick,
slow to understand,
and have to be told things
again and again.
If you need me,
I am your servant,
one who never grows tired
repeating the same word
again and again,
which has its power;
I may grow tedious
but people listen
in spite of themselves;
and what is repeated stays in my memory.
When may I serve
your infinite wisdom?
Think of it, Lord.
Amen