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The scene was one morning, about 10 AM, in a conference room somewhere in space

One by one all the celestials dropped in until all of the host was in place

Refreshments were offered, some white fluffy cake and a kettle of warm steamy

milk

Everything served up on porcelain plates on a table of linen and silk

«May I bring this meeting to order» was heard and all turned to the head of the

room

«I welcome you all to this high-level council, we’ve plenty of work to resume…

A steno stood up with a pad in one hand and announced the agenda in rhyme

«There's the matter of buckling Orion’s belt and of cleaning the Milky Way’s

grime

And someone’s donated two huge pearly gates and they’re stirring up quite the

big fuss

For to make matters worse now, the Salvation Army has given the darn things to

us

But firstly and foremost, this annual assembly has holy intention and worth

For we’re gathered together to work out the plan for the placement of Heaven on

Earth»

A poet took the podium and offered a prayer — «Where our vision falls short,

may we see,

May we do all we can to insure that all beings will be the Blessed they can be»

Two nurses continued by pleading for peace «And for gentleness» Joan of Arc

beamed

And the good Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said a prayer for all those who had

dreamed

«The floor is now open, the research committee will render their statements and

notes

And when we’ve heard all the proposals then everyone makes their decision and

votes

So one by one cherubs were stating their cases saying Heaven should be here or

there

Some lobbied for down in the deepest of oceans, some argued for up in the air

But when all was concluded it was quite apparent that this was a point on which

few could agree

'Twas no simple matter deciding just where this Dominion of Heaven should be

At last in the silence a small voice was heard from a humble and timorous man

«My name’s Murray Goldberg, I’m still on probation, but I think that I got a

good plan.»

It seems I’ve been spending my lifetime alone in my search for my soul and my

source

And I’ve shunned the distraction of my fellow beings for the fear that they’d

throw me off course

But when I get together with one or more others there’s nothing that feels so

divine

To be in communion with sisters and brothers must surely be Heaven’s design

So how 'bout we scrap all the blueprints and plans and instead we install it by

parts

And we put a large portion of Heaven deep down in the corner of everyone’s heart

Again there was silence, and then an explosion, unanimous beating of wings and

of legs

And the meeting had gone through the night to the dawn, so St. Benedict started

some eggs

Harriet Tubman went off for her train, St. Bernard went off walking his dog

«I'm taking a couple of tablets,» says Moses, while Murray was simply agog

But from that moment forward the issue was passed

With a permanent home by decree

Where two or more beings are gathered in love

Here the Realm of all Heaven shall be

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