Mighty sons of god
Knew lowly daughters of men
And produced monsters.
The hard earth trembled
Beneath half-breed tyranny
Though only in myth.
God decried his works
Yet blamed it all on earthmen
And disavowed them.
An early Pilate,
Hands dripping hypocrisy,
Washed his hands in wrath.
Noah survived the storm
Through capricious blessing,
Meeting hinted fate.
Castrated by Ham?
Indeed. Like Greek Ouranos
Cut down in slumber.
Hebrew reticence
Will not tell the fateful truth
More than Oedipal.
The deepest revenge –
Blackest, hateful rebellion –
Proved most godlike.
Yahweh remained remote
At the base sexual parricide,
Knowing its true object.
Uneasy lies the god who wears a crown
As master of fate and all.
A myth better ignored than overthrown.
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