(a prayer for preservation)

Lord, preserve me from flat-bellied women with slithery hips,

And endless thighs,

From high-stepping catwalk prancers with contemptuous lips

And arrogant eyes.

From all of these, oh Lord, and the likes of them

Preserve me.

(In the name of the Father

And of the Son,

And of the Holy Ghost,

Amen)