these two thumbs
my father's long universal thumb
on the controversial right hand of God
my mother's irreversible thumb
bound to that majestic left hand of God
attached to this garden of Eden
one playing one side
of this earthly sacred drum
one drumming and strumming
across the continental other side
singing about what is to come
plucking out some parable
somewhere between rhymes and verse
lofty heaven and sacred earth
balanced between each universe
irreverent death and reverent birth
balancing incarnations it seems
creation with this consequential art
making an existent world go round
half of my blessed father
a restless male charter
half my divine mother
creation's sacred female part
so we are celestial and enabled
that one providential thumb
hitch-hiking
across the vast universe
that other one
bitching and liking
tell-tale recitations
crossing both my arms
reciting harmonic songs and verse
placing my two hands
upon this sacred table
clasped and praying
pin points of my being
lyrics that are strong and able
sometimes lost and unstable
cowering beneath this human family table
these two towering thumbs
on these two powerful hands
reaching out for truth and love
thoughtfully creating and thinking
about the sentient world below
always prayerful and preaching
about a covenant of worlds above

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