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            <h1 class="headline hidden-xs">Pastor's poem for Houston in wake of Hurricane Harvey is a social media sensation</h1>

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	&quot;130 mile an hour winds and 9 trillion gallons of rain are no match for a city of such life and diversity.You can fill up our bayou but you will never rain on our parade.&quot;
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	A poem penned by a South Carolina pastor with Houston ties has become a social media sensation and a comfort to a growing number of Houstonians. Jeremy Rutledge quietly posted the poem on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeremyrut">Facebook page</a> Sunday after speaking with relatives affected by the widespread flooding in the Memorial area.</p>
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	Since then it has gotten thousands of likes and the number is growing as the poem is being passed around residents of the Bayou City.</p>
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	&quot;I was surprised how many people thought what I wrote was a prayer. It wasn&#39;t a prayer &mdash; it was a poem to a place and people I love,&quot; Rutledge wrote on Facebook. &quot;My real prayer is the donation I made this morning. I invite you to do the same.&quot;</p>
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	He linked to a <a href="https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/science-and-health/2017/8/27/16211642/hurricane-harvey-donations-charities-disaster-relief">Vox </a>story titled, &quot;Hurricane Harvey: where you can donate to help with disaster relief and recovery.&quot;</p>
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	Rutledge previously lived in Houston, where he served as minister for <a href="http://www.covenanthouston.org/">Covenant Baptist Church</a>, so his references ring true. He encourages people to &quot;pray like&nbsp;Beyonc&eacute; when she was at&nbsp;HSPVA or Billy and Dusty shooting pool at Rudyard&#39;s.&quot; He makes references soup at Spanish Flower and&nbsp;pho&nbsp;at Mai&#39;s, mutton bustin&#39; at the rodeo, runners at Memorial Park, the Rothko Chapel, and the Astrodome.</p>
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	&quot;If you want to pray for Houston you have to pray without pretense. This ain&#39;t Dallas. And in a neighborly way as friends come out to check on each other in the rain and those who are far away watch screens and wipe our eyes,&quot; he writes.</p>
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	&quot;130 mile an hour winds and 9 trillion gallons of rain are no match for a city of such life and diversity,&quot; he concludes. &quot;You can fill up our bayou but you will never rain on our parade.&quot;</p>
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	Here&#39;s the full poem, &quot;If You Want to Pray for Houston.&quot; Feel free to pass it on:</p>
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	<strong>if you want</strong><br />
	<strong>to pray for Houston<br />
	you have to pray<br />
	in her way</strong></p>
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	<strong>pray like Beyonc&eacute;<br />
	when she was<br />
	at HSPVA<br />
	or Billy and Dusty<br />
	shooting pool<br />
	at Rudyard&#39;s</strong></p>
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	<strong>pray like you&#39;re<br />
	sitting over soup<br />
	at Spanish Flowers<br />
	or pho at Mai&#39;s<br />
	steaming your glasses</strong></p>
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	<strong>pray like the kids<br />
	playing soccer<br />
	on the east side<br />
	or mutton busting<br />
	at the livestock show</strong></p>
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	<strong>pray like the runners<br />
	in Memorial Park<br />
	lacing them up<br />
	or the researchers<br />
	in the medical center<br />
	looking into microscopes</strong></p>
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	<strong>if you want<br />
	to pray for Houston<br />
	you have to pray<br />
	as quietly as<br />
	the Rothko Chapel<br />
	or Houston Zen Center</strong></p>
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	<strong>and you have to pray<br />
	as loudly as<br />
	the old scoreboard<br />
	at the Astrodome<br />
	after a Jos&eacute; Cruz<br />
	home run</strong></p>
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	<strong>you have to pray<br />
	sitting under<br />
	a live oak tree<br />
	or standing next to<br />
	an azalea bloom<br />
	while your skin<br />
	clams in the heat</strong></p>
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	<strong>if you want to pray<br />
	for Houston<br />
	you have to pray<br />
	without pretense<br />
	this ain&#39;t Dallas<br />
	and in a neighborly way<br />
	as friends come out<br />
	to check on each other<br />
	in the rain<br />
	and those<br />
	who are far away<br />
	watch screens<br />
	and wipe our eyes</strong></p>
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	<strong>if you want to pray<br />
	for Houston<br />
	raise a bottle of Shiner<br />
	to the gray sky<br />
	and say that 130 mile an hour winds<br />
	and 9 trillion gallons of rain<br />
	are no match<br />
	for a city of such life<br />
	and diversity</strong></p>
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	<strong>you can fill up our bayou<br />
	but you will never rain<br />
	on our parade</strong></p>

                    
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