Someone Said from Early Autumn by Climax Landers

The gift of god is slow
To the answer to your question now
the gift of god made roses
off a jealous memory that wanted out
the gift of god was prose
like a symbol that’s mistaken for a system
tell me how you could leave the cosmologic out
Blessed in your task with a mask
and a flask
to serve what power asked (you to do)
conforming to a sound
that your demons thought profound
while all your angels drowned
to prevent them from swarming around you
The gift of god is crow
so I eat it with a passion now
the dummy’s oddly known
for small answers to big questions like
how could it be allowed to be universal and leave you out,
the gift of god was shown to be every last perception
someone said

• Folk
• New York