The Vicar's Complaint
by Maren Isley
3.8(143)
A preacher who prayed every night
for a sign he was living it right
heard thunder at ten
from a blue sky, and then:
'Wrong number. But bless you. Goodnight.'
30 words · 5 lines · Limerick
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