richards odes

The IPhone

Like a silly wotsit I knocked my coffee cup

It spilled upon my Iphone before I mopped it up.

Then, would you believe it, the blessed screen went black

I tried hard to revive it but I couldn’t get it back!

I rushed back home and put it in a plastic bag with rice

Thinking it would dry it out, which should be quite nice.

I left it in the hot press for hours and hours on end

Though I’m feeling lonely without my mobile friend!

I took it out and tried it but again it would not work

So I tried to charge it up like a useless berk!

I charged it and I charged it but still no sign of life

I even tried to shake it loose in my inner strife.

So I abandoned hope for it and threw the phone away

I’d claim on the insurance and maybe they would pay?

I went to church that evening and thought about my loss

Reflecting on my clumsiness I was getting cross.

Then a thought occurred to me. God would understand

If I prayed for mended phones instead of something grand!

I got up this morning to ring and make my claim

Thinking that my rotten phone would still be just the same!

Of course I pressed the on/off switch to check that it was dead

Imagine my astonishment when it turned on instead!

It said it needed charging so I plugged it in once more

And now it started working as it did in days of yore!

I know that it is trivial but it gave my mind release

So don’t just pray for massive things like cancer and world peace.

We have a God who listens and knows just what we need

Though to be sure he will not try to pander to our greed!