we will wear cherry velveteen when we
slide off the world; our hair in newborn curls
for the occasion
of having been accused of membership in
the Flat Earth Society
as if that were the worst thing to be
when we meet people every day
who want to flatten us away
and think that mockery's o.k.
because we really disagree
that it's intelligent to decree
that God be banished from the scene
I don't care what you think of me
who think I'm all anomaly
because I don't believe like you:
the zoo built itself.
and you can leave me off the train
of lofty ones who always claim
only the stupid love Him.
that there's no One above them.
it's true that men dispute the view
and want a prize to find the clue
but I know in my heart of hearts
that none of those so very smart
has ever made a single Star
and flung it into crystal space
so that it stayed there;
not one of all the human race.
have you?
mary angela douglas 13 march 2018
slide off the world; our hair in newborn curls
for the occasion
of having been accused of membership in
the Flat Earth Society
as if that were the worst thing to be
when we meet people every day
who want to flatten us away
and think that mockery's o.k.
because we really disagree
that it's intelligent to decree
that God be banished from the scene
I don't care what you think of me
who think I'm all anomaly
because I don't believe like you:
the zoo built itself.
and you can leave me off the train
of lofty ones who always claim
only the stupid love Him.
that there's no One above them.
it's true that men dispute the view
and want a prize to find the clue
but I know in my heart of hearts
that none of those so very smart
has ever made a single Star
and flung it into crystal space
so that it stayed there;
not one of all the human race.
have you?
mary angela douglas 13 march 2018
