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the naivity

a response to gwyn thomas
(national poet for wales)

so, an old fashioned fairytale
directed by a few unimaginative teachers
now,
proves the existence of god?

along with the tooth fairy, zeus, father christmas and
treebeard
which is fine……………
in              a                             story
not as some omnipotent being
some great cctv camera in the dying sky
or a reason to hate others in the name of….....
“ we become one family”......you whinge
well, only if one believes what you believe
only then can we accept you
into our family..............

funny, then,
how
 joseph
had to accept his step son
 into his own family,
welcome a stranger into his home
no questions asked
and change his nappies, feed his bones
and wipe his tears
as his real father
the first absent dad
lorded it upstairs
so think of this
next time you staple your sugarliped ink to your
lauretized stationery;
your star is a rocket’s glare
 your wise men wage  war on each other
 each, claiming their god “does not die”
and your stable is a million homeless shelters across
the world,
thank you for your poem,
it made me think, made me realise,
that  i agree
“god does not die”

because he was never alive......................

patrick jones

not the national poet for wales.................
wales 2006