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I have God's gift
no I have God's gift
no no it is I that has God's gift
all the time they fought as to who had God's gift
finally in despair
they left one another
and entered their own dwellings
and locked their own doors
each waited for the other
to ring his doorbell
and then to humbly ask
"Oh may I see the gift that God has given you?"
each one waited the other one out
until each became bloated and decayed
finally the worms came
and left just shiny white bones
on their living room floors
even the odor is now gone
not even a hint of the envy
that led them to retreat.

Irwin R. Shaw - May 31st 1986