In the beginning is the word, and the
Word is with god, and the word is god.
In the 2020s, the word is inert, the word
Is a wad of dough,polished, painted,
Punctured, strung up with a dozen
More to make a faux pearl necklace.
Read a poem, to ease the pain –
Ordain a poet, and make it rain.
Dave Read