PRAYERS FROM THE ARK - Humor

I was thumbing through one of my files and came across an academic article that began whimsically with some quotes from Prayers from the Ark by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold.  I thought the humor delightful.  Noah's prayer begins:

Lord,
What a menagerie!
Between Your downpour and these animal cries
one cannot hear oneself think!

The cock's prayer begins and ends on a somewhat different note:

Do not forget, Lord,
it is I who make the sun rise.
.......

I am Your servant,
only do not forget, Lord,
I make the sun rise.

The cat, without seeking to be presumptuous, asks only:

If You have by some chance,
in some celestial barn,
a little white mouse,
or a saucer of milk,
I know someone who would relish them

And then she offers but one small suggestion:

Wouldn't You like someday
to put a curse on the whole race of dogs?
If so, I should say,
                                 Amen