<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366559" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The next to last pew</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">An old man was at church last Sunday<br>He sat in the next to last pew<br>I slid into the seat right next to him<br>And gave a him a friendly “hi-dee-do”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He gave me a nod with his time worn brow<br>Then swiveled his head all around<br>While his gaze sized up the parishioners<br>His ears seemed to soak up their sound </div><div style="margin:10px 0">His sad gaze seemed to pick out each person<br>One by one, as he seemed to stare into their soul<br>To some he nodded, in an approving way<br>While to others his look was ice cold</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I asked if he was a member of this church<br>I said I wasn’t familiar with him, was he new? <br>He smiled a soft smile and shook his head no<br>Said “I’m here most of the time… <br> here in this next to last pew”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I said “what do you think of our little church”<br>He rubbed his hands through his hair of silver grey<br>Looked deep in my eyes and gave a soft, sad sigh <br>And said “you may not like what I have to say”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He said “ Son, I can see into the soul of these people<br>And to you, what I say is on the level”<br>That Most are fools in the eyes of the Lord <br>The rest are pawns in the hands of the devil</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I looked all around at my fellow church-goers<br>Of whom he spoke, I knew of more than a few<br>And when I turned back to allow “that could be so”<br>I was all alone in the next to last pew!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Whalen">David Whalen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366559" data-title="The next to last pew de David Whalen" data-description="An old man was at church last Sunday He sat in the next to last pew I slid into the seat right next to him And gave a him a friendly “hi-dee-do” He gave me a nod with his time worn brow Then swiveled his head all around While his gaze sized u..."></div> </div> </div>

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