HADITH with TEETH

HADITH with TEETH:
from Human Testament, ms being prepared for New Human Press

     "The angel Gamaliel instructs Jack Feist"

The angel Gamaliel said to me, "Repeat!" 

I said, "But I have something new to say!" 

so he drew me close, and whelmed me,

so that I could not breathe, 

and released me, gasping,

and commanded me, "Repeat!" 

and again I cried, "I have something new to say!" 

and again he drew me close, 

and again he whelmed me,

and again released me, gasping,

and for a third and final time commanded me: "Repeat!"

And so I did repeat, and say what had been said

with the words it had been said with

and the same was new and lovely

and the same was ancient and new:

the world in its image. 

(c) 2015 an imaginary air freshener