Genesis

Some, seeking for the holy, look
to lengthy written media;
find certitude in yards of books
like saint's encyclopedias.

But books are works of men, and so
must always miss the heart of it.
The truth abides where no men go,
and brevity's the soul of wit,

so if it's true this universe
began when something godlike stirred
and wrote on dark unbeing's face,

it only took a single verse,
a single line, a single word
to shatter all of time and space. 

Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja
March 9, 1999

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