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This is the 11th installment<\/a> of Rhyme and Reason<\/a>, my weekly set of limericks for the <\/i>Sunday Times of India edit page<\/i><\/p>\n

ATHEIST<\/p>\n

One day God came to me, full of grief.
\n‘I’m distraught,’ she said, ‘I need relief.
\nWhatever I decree,
\nNo one listens to me,
\nAnd now I’m losing my self-belief.’<\/p>\n

SHOPPING<\/p>\n

There was a girl who loved to buy shoes,
\nWhether from Kolhapur or Toulouse.
\nShe bought very many,
\nBut never wore any
\nBecause she wasn’t able to choose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the 11th installment<\/a> of Rhyme and Reason<\/a>, my weekly set of limericks for the <\/i>Sunday Times of India edit page<\/i><\/p>\n

ATHEIST<\/p>\n

One day God came to me, full of grief.
\n‘I’m distraught,’ she said, ‘I need relief.
\nWhatever I decree,
\nNo one listens to me,
\nAnd now I’m losing my self-belief.’<\/p>\n

SHOPPING<\/p>\n

There was a girl who loved to buy shoes,
\nWhether from Kolhapur or Toulouse.
\nShe bought very many,
\nBut never wore any
\nBecause she wasn’t able to choose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAtheism and Shopping - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/atheism-and-shopping\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atheism and Shopping - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the 11th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page ATHEIST One day God came to me, full of grief. ‘I’m distraught,’ she said, ‘I need relief. 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