http://www.pietisten.org/authors/EricksonDon.html http://www.pietisten.org/authors/EricksonDon.html en-us http://www.pietisten.org//vii/2/eric_enters_sunday.html http://www.pietisten.org//vii/2/eric_enters_sunday.html Mother Melissa and Father Phil took this day (A fall day) small, evidently unfallen Eric — Too young to have told a lie, much less Swear, or hit a brother on the head — To a church where some reverend person Wet his head one, two, three times, And distracted even his parents With words and more words concerning some Ancient baby, some other first-born son, Who — apparently — was bigger, or Had a greater family, including a bird... .