God Did Not Say - Francis Boston

...For Miss Roe

God Did Not Say
by: Francis Boston

God did not say
You will find me
If you carry out
A deep enough analysis.

God did not say
I have made a tree;
To know me
You must
Cut it down,
Cut it up
Pulp it
Make paper
And write upon it
Holy words.

God did not say
I have made a butterfly
Don’t let it flutter by
Get it
Net it
Set it
And hold it up
Dead
In praise of me

God did not say
Anything.
Silently
He made
All things
All stones
All plants
All flowers
All animals
And man
As one.

And
Without loudspeakers
Without book
Without script
Without word,
Without letter,
Even without
A Little Bang Theory –
And God saw
That it was GOOD
Perhaps…
We should too