Acolytes Prayer
When dawn breaks I ask, Pica:
How can I be annoying today?
How can I make myself a pest?
How can I raise my voice and bray for food?
How can I reject that food whereupon I receive it?
How can I rest in the place of the most needed item?
What can I block with my small body that is required?
May all my actions bring me hours of rest in the sun.
May Her round head be petted forever.
Amen.