A Humble Request to God

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You may want to try to reformat. It comes out sticking together in the post but it looks fine on the drop down in the comment section.

This read like prose to me at first because of the formatting. It wasn't funny to me. It just seemed like legitimate requests that one might make to a beneficent God. Upon a second reading in the comment section I could see more poetic qualities.

to quench thirst for war over seas

In reference to wars fought over water rights? Water rights conflicts are real but I was not sure to which wars you were referring.

For inland reach I recommend vast criss-crossing routes of rivers

Here there is some alliteration with the -r words though I am not really sure that the word "reach" makes sense in this context. Maybe you could say "Reaching inland I recommend" so you keep the alliteration.

satiating some starvation

another good use of alliteration and I liked that you kept the word "some" because it makes me as the reader remember that even if God granted these requests there may still be water problems because humans don't divide it fairly.

In response to this wise request

Something about the word wise here doesn't sit right with me. Partly I think it is because it makes the speaker the arbiter of what is wise or not instead of the God they are addressing. I think it also detracts from the otherwise smoother alliteration of response and request.

God graciously grants us a flood for forty days and forty nights

So...I can see where this might be the funny part as it is absurd that God would wipe out creation to solve the problems delineated in the previous stanzas. I guess it is dramatic irony that just isn't hitting my funny bone but maybe it would of I were in a different mood. 😀

Anyways I think fixing your formatting and just clarifying a few things would go a long way to tighten up this piece.

Thanks for sharing.

I think you have solid points here but it definitely needs reformatting. It comes off a but more like a list for me.