THE RISE AND FALL
Fon TumaIn the beginning there was the void
For how can you fill a cup which is half-filled?In the beginning which was named Beginning
the be-grinning masks of many godshave been said to have hovered over the waters
- right before there was any sort of form
The land sprung from the seas
The trees from the land, Theseed of all known animals too
Dominion over which the universal conscience that is
God - stood witnessIn the beginning science surpassed obedience
or so these sages have been known to say
Time un-tame goddess
astride the forehead of the beastthe dragon dracon
with scourge to purge the end of days
The whore of Babylon
her wine cup the blood ofsinners and saints - Semiramis
Queen of the Euphrates, tart of the Tigris
She who knew her son and more...
Or so these sages have been known to say