Oh, I have a very--
I have a bit of a junior version of that.
It's just a little poem that is also the result of an irritant
rather than inspiration.
[LAUGHTER]
And it's about another expression
that has invaded our culture, and the poem
is called "Oh, My God."
I realized after I wrote this, oddly
as it sounds grammatically, that the expression "oh, my god,"
has a past tense.
The past sense of "oh, my god," is, "I was, like, oh, my god.
[LAUGHTER]
Here we just-- you're familiar with this.
So here --it's nine lines long It's spoken
by a very naive observer.
"Oh, My God."
Not only in church, and nightly by their bed sides,
do young girls pray these days.
Wherever they go, prayer is woven into their talk.
Like a bright thread of awe.
Even at the pedestrian mall, outbursts of praise spring
unbidden from their glossy lips.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]