Sunday, September 30, 2007

The Lord of Small Gods

The Lord of Small Gods

You said I had an angel
who hung about my shoulders
and tries to make me a saint.


I could not find one about you.

Even though I thought I could
if only I looked at you and then them
from the corners of my eye.


I Still could not find one on the edge of your frame.

But then I saw it
from the base of your saucer
the tea cup rested on the plate.


I saw it- it entered and disappeared so quick.

Like a small ant crawling towards you
and gone in a blink,
Lord of the Small Gods is what you are I think.

-Matthew Koutzun

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh my. I've missed it all, your year, I've missed it. I've missed mine too, but not nearly as much as I've missed yours. Oh my.