Other Choristers

Call them all small gods,
All of the living
And the not living,

Existing or not,
Anything you can
Call by name. Why not?

Keep them multiple.
Don’t let them collapse
Into one spirit,

One pantheism,
That circular track
Back past where you passed.

Think of so many
Small gods all singing,
No more fantasy

Than any other.
Chop divinity
Into little names,

Words for other words,
A cosmic chorus
Of tiny insects,

Smaller than insects,
Not nearly so real,
Just singing, singing.