Building and hiding

by Dave Bradley

Friday 3rd January 2014 8:35 am

God the extrovert

builds Saturn.

What a show.

What a show-off.

God the introvert

hides, slips away.

Slopes off.

God the extrovert

builds marvels, peacocks, eyes of flies, crystals

maybe because he/she can – they look great

but then

she stays holed up

still hiding.

God the ultimate extrovert

builds the whole fucking amazing universe

then

(the ultimate undercover introvert)

he hides, becomes fugitive far in,

further than quantum particles.

No digging or delving can deliver this Deity.

Disappeared down deep.

God the introextrovert

builds you

and says

“Peek-a-boo”.

Comments

Andy N

Thu 9th Jan 2014 15:42

clever stuff, dave. enjoyed this m8 a lot.

Francine

Wed 8th Jan 2014 20:04

In a nutshell. I like the last stanza of this.
Hope you are feeling better!

Cynthia Buell Thomas

Tue 7th Jan 2014 13:35

A novel way to present eternal mystery. I salute HESHE or SHEHE: it makes no difference - ONE GOD IDEA.

I so enjoyed talking with you at Wigan last autumn. And thanks again for the ale. Happy New Year!

winston plowes

Sat 4th Jan 2014 00:55

Hi Dave, What a great concept for a poem :-)

John Coopey

Fri 3rd Jan 2014 23:55

Enjoyed this, Dave.
The first couple of pages of Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" are a real showstopper for me. You can take it as purely scientific or something more spiritual, the choice is entirely the readers.
Either way, once you've read those few pages it's very hard not to go on.

<Deleted User> (9882)

Fri 3rd Jan 2014 21:05

only one place for this poem-
top shelf! off to preen,behind closed doors(ha)x

Harry O'Neill

Fri 3rd Jan 2014 16:32

Dave,
Reproduction and enjoyment wise dead `fucking` true! (isn`t it great to actually use the word correctly?)

Mind, I reckon you`ve `sexed` your `Gods` opposite to what I would`ve.

but what the hell!)

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