Kansas Gets It's Kids Back from God

My state came before the throne of God
and laid at his feet an offering, itself, the whole
state of Kansas, and said, “would you teach our young?”
God took them up and, forty days later,
sent them back, in love with everything,
and curious about this world. In fact,
no sooner had they come, than they began
studying, and, in between their speeches
about wisdom and brotherhood delivered
on the green lawns of the schools, encircled
by friends and some who laughed, they looked
out at this mysterious world saying, “Wow!”