God, A Poem Comments
A nasty surprise in a sandwich,
A drawing-pin caught in your sock,
The limpest of shakes from a hand which
You'd thought would be firm as a rock,
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(God, A Poem - Poem by James Fenton.) A grim piece of writing. May God forgive us all.
Love it! I can almost hear his one time friend, Christopher Hitchens reciting it, with that characteristic dropp in pitch and amplitude at end of phrase.
Painful reminder that whatever we attribute to God, plus or minus, is our own feeble projection that will come back to haunt us. He is great or nothing, we are nothing but desperate posing.
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7/30/2025 4:42:54 AM # 1.0.0
Love God the creater. How amazing. If not for him be would not be alive.