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9.27.2006

In God's Office

In God’s office,
snooping around
the other day,
I discovered the blueprints
to Oblivion—
the carefully calculated
plans for the End of the World.
But before I had time
to read how time dies,
my elbow got in the way
of a cabinet and jostled
the precariously perched hand-basket
atop ‘til it toppled over,
and out spilled Hell of it,
and splattered absolutely everywhere,
and made a real horrendous mess,
and I think I might have just
ruined the World’s End,
and the room stinks like sulfur now,
and the Devil wants a formal apology,
and I know this stain’ll never wash out,
and why couldn’t it have just been
a coffee instead?

Thank God for Forgiveness and Grace.

6 Comments:

Anonymous 匿名 said...

Justin this is really good!

8:39 午後  
Anonymous 匿名 said...

wow.

7:22 午後  
Anonymous 匿名 said...

Cest j'aime. i think i'm goiing to read it for my public speaking class. we have to do an "interpretive reading" of some poem or short story. this might be perfect. it's lightheartedly funny and yet it hits on some very important truths. i love you brother. you are brilliant.

10:54 午前  
Anonymous 匿名 said...

this is such a "you" poem, Justin. I like it lots :)

-shmury

8:27 午前  
Anonymous 匿名 said...

You're an amazing guy Justin and a really good poet

4:07 午後  
Blogger Danielle said...

i put this one in that magazine i made. it's one of my favorites!

12:33 午後  

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