God went to beauty school

Cynthia Rylant is the author of amazing children's books like the Henry and Mudge series and Dog Heaven. In 2003 she came out with this slim volume of poetry about God--His feelings, hobbies, and listening to the jukebox at Kenny's Tavern. It's lovely--for those moments when God feels too big, too imperial or too judgmental, just open this to a random page and feel comforted by humanism and caring.

God went to beauty school

He went there to learn how
to give a good perm
and ended up just crazy
about nails
so He opened up His own shop.
"Nails by Jim" He called it.
He was afraid to call it
Nails by God.
He was sure people would
think He was being
disrespectful and using
His own name in vain
and nobody would tip.
He got into nails, of course,
because He'd always loved
hands--
hands were some of the best things
He'd ever done
and this way He could just
hold one in His
and admire those delicate
bones just above the knuckles,
delicate as birds' wings,
and after He'd done that
awhile,
He could paint all the nails
any color He wanted,
then say,
"Beautiful,"
and mean it.