Philip Appleman (1926 - )
O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie, gimme a break before I die: grant me wisdom, will, & wit, purity, probity, pluck, & grit. Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, kind,gimme great abs & a steel-trap mind,
and forgive, Ye Gods, some humble advice–
these little blessings would suffice
to beget an earthly paradise:
make the bad people good–
and the good people nice;
and before our world goes over the brink,
teach the believers how to think.