One god alone – a
small one, old and canny –
Remained behind,
hiding behind a barrel.
Because he never
asked them the cats
Of Bread Street would bring him gifts:
Pieces of string,
parts of mice, prayers
Too slow to escape
their claws. To pass the time
He’d answer the
prayers with constructs
Of delicate bones
knotted together.
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