Dan Lukiv

God Is Indeed Good, poetry Dan Lukiv

An excerpt, a poem based on chapter 79 of Psalms // For a man who worships / His belly, / Men carve or search out // A cave in limestone, / Or locate a big tree / Rooted deep in Sheol, // Or clip the toenails / Of a garden lively with / Bees, // Or dig out a rectangular / Cuboid, squared and / Cornered like death, // Or chisel into rock / A cold vault / Closed off by something // Like the Rephaim, / Yes, always doored-off / By some sort of dignity, // But for a man of God who / Worships no earthly progeny, / Such as a tree or shaped thing // Or organ, / His remains upon the field / Fill bellies of fowl // That dive for treasure / And beasts that sniff out / Speechless rewards.