Friday, September 6, 2019

OUR GODDESS


When the village burned, its gods
Moved to the City except for Nifre
Who, being old and having forgotten
What her original functions were,
Had become the goddess
Of lost things and people. Her miracles
Were few and usually pointless,
As when she persuaded some mallets
To be ball-peen hammers instead.
Still,  it was something to have
One god left to listen.
If distractedly, to our prayers.

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