HOVERING
IN THE BEGINNING
GOD CREATED
EMPTINESS
A VOID
AND BROODED OVER IT
LIKE A MOTHER EAGLE
OVER HER NEST
FROM EMPTINESS HE CALLED FORTH
FROM EMPTINESS HE CALLED FORTH
A WATERY GLOBE
FROM THE WATER HE CALLED OUT
FROM THE WATER HE CALLED OUT
LAND
FROM LAND HE CREATED
FROM LAND HE CREATED
ALL THAT WAS
AND MAN
FROM CHAOS TO MAN
FROM CHAOS TO MAN
WITH A WAVE OF HIS HAND
OR RATHER A PASSING THOUGHT
OR MORE LIKELY
OR MORE LIKELY
A PASSION TO BE LOVED
THAT MAN COULD SEE
THAT MAN COULD SEE
GOD CREATED SUN
THAT MAN COULD REST
THAT MAN COULD REST
GOD CREATED MOON
THAT MAN COULD WONDER
THAT MAN COULD WONDER
GOD CREATED STARS
TO MAKE MAN PUZZLE
AND TO REACH
THAT MAN COULD CHALLENGE
THAT MAN COULD CHALLENGE
HE CREATED RIVERS TO CROSS
AND MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB
BUT WHAT HAVE WE DONE WITH ALL THESE GIFTS
LIKE CHILDREN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING
BUT WHAT HAVE WE DONE WITH ALL THESE GIFTS
LIKE CHILDREN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING
WE’VE SCRABBLED OVER TOYS
BROKE THEM
AND THE PARENT WEEPS
FRANK A VOLLMER
AND THE PARENT WEEPS
FRANK A VOLLMER
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