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April
2007

7:22 am

lewis’s god

  • Lewis has a tiny God.
  • He keeps It in a box, under his mattress.
  • It is a flat box.
  • Lewis never turns his mattress.
  • Lewis's Godbox has no lid.
  • There's a slit in the side.
  • A very narrow slit.
  • Every night before he goes to sleep,
  • he kneels beside his bed.
  • He reaches under his mattress,
  • past the apple cores,
  • and the yellowing newspapers,
  • and the runkled magazines,
  • to his Godbox.
  • He pulls it out and shakes it,
  • to wake his God.
  • Into the slit he slides, one by one,
  • all the things he found that day,
  • that he doesn't like.
  • Lewis's God whirrrrrrs, clickclickclick,
  • munch munch.
  • "Feed me, Lewis! Good Lewis!"
  • Lewis's God is very small,
  • and very hungry.
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2 Comments

  1. posted April 20, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    just by chance, stopping by to check the new version of weather-report, which i used in the past, i stumbled upon this amazing poem. i was hoping for a track-back, but do not see the option :(
    since this is not an option, would you mind if i copied it to my site, and of course gave you credit and a link back to your site? (that’s how much i truly like it) :)
    if not, no worries.
    ~sarah

  2. posted April 21, 2007 at 9:04 am

    Aww! That’s really nice of you. I’d kinda prefer you not quote the whole thing, but you may certainly link it. :)