The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 10/12/2008)

[RetroLounge]

My God

My god is a short god. My god wears jeans.
When he swims, he has a lazy breaststroke.
When he gardens, he uses his bare hands.
My god watches reruns of late night talk shows.
My god could levitate but prefers the stairs
and if available, the fireman’s pole. My god
loves bacon. My god’s afraid of sharks.
My god thinks the only way to define a country
is with water. My god thinks eventually,
we will come around on ear candling. My god
spits chaw. My god never flosses.
My god reads Proust. My god never
graduated. He smiles when astronauts reach
zero gravity and say My god, My god.
My god is knitting one very big sweater.
My god is teaching his terrier to beg.
My god didn’t mean for icebergs. My god
didn’t mean for machetes. Sometimes
a sparrow lands in the hands of my god
and he cups it, gently. It never wants to leave
and so, it never notices that even if it tried
my god has too good a grip, my god, my god.

Sandra Beasley

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RL

[Chorophyll]

1. Perfect choice for a Sunday morning. ;)

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[RetroLounge]

3. Yes, I thought so too...

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[Gonzo Gardener]

2. Happy sunny Sunday to you, Retro!

My God woke early this morning. He made a pot of coffee and left to do the grocery shopping so that I could sleep in after a late night of calling out His name. :evilgrin:


Don't miss this twisted prayer... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4221901

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[RetroLounge]

4. "...after a late night of calling out His name"

:rofl:


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[Gonzo Gardener]

6. Yes, I knelt in fervent prayer...

spoke in tongues, and received the Holy Spirit Scepter while hands were laid upon me! I'm pretty sure that I witnessed the second coming and quite possibly a third.

[RetroLounge]

8. ...

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Retro!

Mmm...nice!

This is the kind of god I can really identify with!

Really lovely...

Thank you...

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[RetroLounge]

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[blueraven95]

7. afternoon, Retro

I really enjoyed this one.

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[RetroLounge]

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

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[RetroLounge]

12. hello...

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RL