New Road to Damascus

 

A smart young Jewish couple

Was strolling by a church

When a sign they saw out front

Stopped them in a lurch.

 

ÒCome in and be baptized,

And we wonÕt make you rich,

But weÕll give you a hundred dollars.Ó

Read the enticing pitch.

 

The man dropped all resistance,

And was forthwith drawn inside

Against the grave forebodings

Of his much more prudent bride.

 

Snapped she upon his emergence,

ÒDid you get your hundred, honey?Ó

Asked he, ÒWhatÕs with you people

That you only think of money?Ó

 

David Martin

 

 

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