THE FOLLOWING POEM IS BASED
ON A POST BIBLICAL LEGEND
WRITTEN IN THE FOURTH CENTURY A.D.
WHEN GOD DECIDED TO CREATE A WORLD
HE NEEDED WORDS TO SAY BEGIN
SO FROM HIS HEAD HE SPEWED OUT LETTERS
TO FORM THE WORDS
IMMEDIATELY
THEY BEGAN TO ARGUE
WHO WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT LETTER
IN THE CREATION PROCESS
TAV WAS FIRST TO SAY TO GOD
PICK ME
FOR I BRING THE TORAH
NO
SAID GOD
(THE ORIGINAL TAV WAS WRITTEN AS AN X)
IT IS THE SIGN I PUT ON CAIN
SHIN STEPPED UP
PICK ME
FOR YOUR NAME BEGINS WITH SHIN
SHADDAI
NO SAID GOD
FOR SHIN BEGINS SHAW AND SHEKER
LIE AND FALSEHOOD
THE ARGUMENT CONTINUED
THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE TWENTY TWO LETTERS OF THE JEWISH ALPHABET
DISCARDING THEM FOR SIMILAR REASONS
TILL THERE WAS ONLY TWO LEFT
ALEF AND BET
BET AND ALEF
ME SAYS BET
FOR I BEGIN THE BIBLE
I START THE STORY
AND GOD AGREED
BUT THAT ALL SHOULD BE HUMBLE BEFORE GOD
HE GAVE FIRST PLACE TO ALEF
BECAUSE HE DID NOT PROMOTE HIMSELF
FRANK A VOLLMER
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