Anil Deo Poet Alliteration

How Many Times Did You Think God Today

I
Now nearing that age of no hair, & more
No hair on head, more hair in ears & nose
I do a daily discipline of Matthew 6: 9-13
Then a Psalm, before a recorded sermon
In my youth, girls not God, got attention

II
When I greet kids on way to school
and adults off to do or find work
I say, "n gesieente dag, hallelujah"  -
In Afrikaans, Dutch-turned African,
Widely used in The Cape, more here
In Newtown, mixed-race township
Each day is like Sunday: hello-hallelujah
Plus when I do prayer workshops when
requested - we pray post- breakfast
Till lunch break, at least till noon ...
But daily, the kids say. "Dankie Jesus, amen," 
As I grant tiny requests for a morsel of victual

III
Jesus alerted us: look to prayer quality
In the praying heart, not quaint quantity

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