-untitled and far from it-

1.

Is it the lowly leech which

pants for my blood or the long suck of God?

did I fall from the tree like a ripened fruit, smeared

by a cunning tongue, cloaked in the breath of a snake? or––

did I slither to dry land from the water’s edge,

a curious fish?

these important questions have been answered to my satisfaction.

how else could I know what I know about what's going on;

through the good works of others?

by reporting on time to the authorities?

by the recognition of certain body parts?

interlude:

I hear tell that upon the mount, Moses was perplexed.

he nagged God for a name of God other than "God"

in order to satisfy the people.

but God, without official papers, (WOP) wailed a name

which caused the flappable Moses to piss himself:

“I Am That I Am!–– Tell the people: "I Am" Has Sent Me To You"!

this wailing would later be translated to:“I yam what I yam an’ that's all I yam!”

to be found in the new leather-bound edition of: "The Book of Popeye".

2.

thus ends the story of the "untitled and far from it".