Deer Goes To Church

Two weeks ago, there was a deer

Slowly strolling into town

Shreveport was the perfect place

Does he think he is a clown?


Near St. Paul's Church, I sat and watched

As he walked ever  so slow

To the window of that beautiful church

He must have seen something aglow.


Looking thru the stained glass window

He gave a big leap and broke thru it

Landing inside the church was a surprise

Excited and terrified:  The pews he hit.


To him, this was a very strange place

While jumping from pew to pew

Then running up the balcony staircase

There's no way his antice were through.

Bessie MelVina Carathers

April 1, 2004

Not an April Fool Story

Would you believe from that balcony he jumped?

To the pews below he landed

By now he was really hurt and suffering

In St. Paul's Church, he was really stranded.


Animal Control was called to help

The worker couldn't use the tranquilizer

It would only excite him to do more damage

The deer was killed by the Animal Control Worker.


The afternoon was cleaning up time

Done by Church Members that were there

Cleaning the stains from Pews and walls

Job was done, and they there was prayer.


So, I guess you could really say

To Church this deer did go

And that is where he met his God

In "deer heaven" he'll jump God's rainbows.