Dispatches for the Colonial Office: When I was God's Latest and Best Creation

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Lawrence Hall

When I was God’s Latest and Best Creation

When I was young I was God’s best creation

His latest and His best, the golden result

Of millions of years of evolution

And thousands of years of civilization

All of history led to glorious Me

For whom the Salvation story was but a preface

Shakespeare could only dream of being me

And Mr. de Mille was ready for my closeup

I was destined to be the world’s greatest…

(I wasn’t exactly clear about the greatest what)

But I was going to be the greatest (something)

And all the peoples of the world would follow me

All wrongs would be righted, all failings addressed –

But as things turned out, no one

was much

impressed

Dispatches for the Colonial Office