<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=549975" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Death Is No Mere Farm Hand</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Death is no mere farm hand<br>But an agronomist, an expert, <br>A planner, a bureaucrat, <br>God's secretary of Agriculture.<br>Too busy for us.<br>Never seen except for photo opps, <br>Occasional interviews, <br>Especially during disasters, — <br>God’s personal observer.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So, we just get to meet the line staff, <br>Lifers most of them, <br>Angels counting off their years<br>Before retirement<br>Or transfer to a desk job.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thank God they are often bored, <br>Work slowly, <br>Avoid deadlines.<br>Blessed celestial slackers<br>Giving us lots of slack<br>Some of the time</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'd hate to meet a dedicated heavenly servant, <br>Striving to meet her goal, <br>Working swiftly, cleanly, <br>With her new harvester.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Most prefer the old ways: <br>Hand mowers for bigger jobs, <br>Clippers to trim the hedges<br>And cut flowers, <br>Hands for delicate vegetables, <br>And garden spades to uproot<br>The bigger shrubs and bushes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You can't complain to the staff.<br>The boss doesn't answer.<br>But, perhaps, the same crew also<br>Waters, fertilizes, trims<br>God’s own Garden.<br>There is no redundancy in Heaven.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lewis+Eron">Lewis Eron</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=549975" data-title="Death Is No Mere Farm Hand de Lewis Eron" data-description="Death is no mere farm hand But an agronomist, an expert, A planner, a bureaucrat, God's secretary of Agriculture. Too busy for us. Never seen except for photo opps, Occasional interviews, Especially during disasters, — God’s personal obse..."></div> </div> </div>

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