I try to tithe each months check,

bringing a percent of increase to the store house,

used to feed the widows and orphans,

to heal the sick,

and house the poor wanderers,

to feed the birds

and…

Wait a minute!

Back up there, Sonny!

Feed the birds!!??

Yep!

Black oil sunflower seed’s expensive

and the price of a brick of meleworm

is crazy lately,

but chickadee’s gotta eat

as does the cardinal and his lady

and that lovely pair of doves

and those damn big crows!

I am not getting any richer, lately,

but those birds flying around my feeders

are prone to getting thinner in winter.

So,

Yes!

They will get a percent of the percent.

Saint Francis did it and started a whole movement!

Why can’t I feed my friends?

I don’t think God minds a bit!