#1289 - I am the god of this book

 

1289

13.vii.23

4.195

I am the god of this book

draft only

for godsbother, philosophy of table tennis

 

believe me

there isn’t anyone else who could be

 

must thunder a little just here

 

you’ve no idea the care I take

 

my seven days have been a lifetime

though often let the music dictate

 

I make commandments

deal in wrath

I’m a jealous god

 

went through a period of masturbation

everyone says so

 

then there were the drugs, there was booze

people said I’d grow out of it

 

they all obey on the end

 

I don’t need any capital letter

I don’t require holes in my words

 

there’s nothing that you can’t say here

 

I mean I know you cannot help blaspheme

I’ve hear it all before

 

there was once I dreamt to be a whole shelf

but it tumbled down too

 

bumped my head on the back of the bed

 

of course there’ll be tricky theological questions

 

what god can please every day?

 

fear me!

then you’ll learn to respect

 

forget all about the death of the author

 

I mean you shouldn’t read too much into things

I’m a very literal god

 

let me throw in some southerly bluster

for I am a punning god

 

I do tempests too, plagues, famines

fires, all sorts

I am the god of this book

emperor as well

 

once I drilled a hole through my own head

so you could see the music

 

cherubim, seraphim, angels, you bet

 

must spread my gospel wide

for I am proselytic deity

 

and here, let me smite a little now

(have to keep in practice)

 

don’t worry – they’re only my children

that’s socialism in one poem!

and just for you!

you’re special, as in chosen

 

I make all the rules in here

and sometimes decide there won’t be any

 

think of blind god’s bluff

pin the tail on the god

 

here I come, ready or not

 

do you know that they wanted to lock me up

said too much demiurge in top paddock

and so on

just doing what other gods did

some gods gotta do

 

pause here please for the anthem

mine

you can whistle along

 

show respect!

and from respect

there’s love!

DIY, like I said before

I’m made of the stuff

I’m a self-made god

 

the prayers I receive!

tricky questions re persona

 

they say I plagiarize myself

can quote me chapter and verse

I like that

 

do feel free to make notes in the margins

 

yes you could call it a matter of pride

 

but I don’t catch up with correspondence

hell, I can’t keep up with myself

 

unbelievers call me this that

I bolt my lightning down

 

some will say a flabby god

some will say obscure

 

think of it all as a paper loss

 

you could short me

thank Pascal for the wager

 

there’s always the risk of Armageddon

(try just spelling that)

no fudging

 

I was put here for no good purpose

so must make my own

 

keep reading

 

don’t you dare shut me up in here