Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The God Animal

Lauren Groff, recently,
Had a character state
That every human has

An animal and a
God wrestling unto death
Inside. Inside, inside. . .

Animal that ate god
That ate animal.
To know what a god is

Is to become a beast
With at least one god caught
Among thought, animal

Who’s now become, partly,
God, the god animal.
She’s right, of course. The god

Will never rest easy
As animal, never
Give up wrestling inside

With the animal who
Is forever panicked,
Terrified, trapped inside

With the god that’s thrashing
Unto death—not the same
As simply until death.

The wrestling makes the death,
Needs the death. Can the god
Get out beforehand? Yes,

But only if it lands
In some next wrestling match.
For the animal, death.

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