They published the tidings way back when,
And lately stuck a missal
Repeating the news in SNN,
So it must be official.
I'm confident all the people here
Believe it over-due,
Although, looking back, you'll find, I fear,
Our forebears thought so too.
But everyone will forget the ways
In which, till now, they blew it,
And bury them under well-earned praise
--Presuming that they do it!
Originally published in SUL News Notes, July 29, 1994.
c 1994, 1995 Fleabonnet Press for the author.