So I went out of the city
and I sat on the east side in a phone booth
and I sat there contemplating the shadow
so that I might see what would become of truth
and the Lord God prepared a gourd
and He made it to come up over me
that it might be another shadow o'er my head
to deliver me from my grief
but then God prepared a worm before the morning arose
which smote the gourd and made it die
and it came to pass that when the sun did arise
that a vehement wind blew across the desert sky
and the sun did beat upon my head
and I fainted and wished myself to die
and I said, "it's better for me to die than to live"
"and observe vanities and lies"
and God said, "doest thou well to be angry"
and I said, "I do well to be angry even unto death"
and God said, "thou hast had pity on the gourd"
"for which thou hast not laboured nor given breath"
"which came up in a night"
"and perished in the sand"
"should I not spare those who cannot discern"
"from there left or their right hand?"
