Please,  Lord, watch over me this day.

Please help me remember to watch all five mirrors, two dozen windows,

eight gauges, six warning lights,

six dozen faces, three lanes of traffic

and to keep a third eye open for

wobbling bicycles and

daydreaming pedestrians,

especially teenagers wearing headsets

who are in another world.

Please, Lord, help me hear

all train whistles,

truck and automobile horns,

police sirens and the two-way radio.

PJease, Lord, give me a hand

for the gear lever, the steering wheel,

the route book, the radio microphone

and the turn-signal lever.

And,   Lord,  please grant me the self-control to keep my hands

away from Johnny's neck.

And one more thing, dear Lord,

please don't let Mary be sick

all over the bus.

And finally, Lord, please watch

over us all so that we can do it again next year.

Amen