I have a
problem with God.
My cat knew not how to lie,
Cheat, backstab, slander, steal
Or plot the downfall of a rival
By means of treachery
My cat knew not how to lie,
Cheat, backstab, slander, steal
Or plot the downfall of a rival
By means of treachery
Or even
murder.
Yet it was punished yesterday
With death by agonizing miscarriage
For its sins.
(No one dies innocently, not even infants,
As who knows what atrocities
Infants are capable of in adulthood,
Or perhaps it's to spare them from evil that may befall them
Yet it was punished yesterday
With death by agonizing miscarriage
For its sins.
(No one dies innocently, not even infants,
As who knows what atrocities
Infants are capable of in adulthood,
Or perhaps it's to spare them from evil that may befall them
At some point in their lives,
In both cases as foreseen by God.)
So, the question is, 'What sins?
Killed too many sparrows and/or house lizards?'
It was a cat. That what cats do.
That's what cats were created to do.
'Mated with multiple partners?'
It was a cat. That's what cats do.
That's what cats were created to do.
So why did God look the other way
When it was struggling in agony
For the last thirty minutes of its life?
Why did God include such a horrible ending
In his Holy Script Concerning All Life On Earth
In the case of one insignificant drop-in-the-ocean cat
Who would eventually be named Good-Looking Carlos?
Why? Because he is God and that's what God does?
In both cases as foreseen by God.)
So, the question is, 'What sins?
Killed too many sparrows and/or house lizards?'
It was a cat. That what cats do.
That's what cats were created to do.
'Mated with multiple partners?'
It was a cat. That's what cats do.
That's what cats were created to do.
So why did God look the other way
When it was struggling in agony
For the last thirty minutes of its life?
Why did God include such a horrible ending
In his Holy Script Concerning All Life On Earth
In the case of one insignificant drop-in-the-ocean cat
Who would eventually be named Good-Looking Carlos?
Why? Because he is God and that's what God does?
It is
written,
When we
call,
He will
not answer,
When we
plead,
He will
look away
For we
have forsaken him.
Therefore, when he calls,
I will not
answer,
When he
pleads,
I will
look away
For he has
forsaken me
When he
killed off my cat,
Yes,
killed it off,
For no
good reason.
Yes,
indeed, I have a problem with God.
[God's
imagined reply:]
In what
manner would you rather have.it die,
O Foolish One,
If indeed
its time to die was at hand?
Killed by a car that ran over it and spilled it guts out
Right in
front of your own doorstep
(As was
the layout in residential enclaves such as yours)
Or ripped
apart by a roaming pack of stray dogs
(Which you
yourself have not only encountered in the past,
Mostly
late at night,
But also
chased away, quarterstaff in hand)?
[Me:]
What are
we mortals if not lower than the dirt beneath thy feet.
O Lord,
For I spoke out of grief from a grieving heart,
For I spoke out of grief from a grieving heart,
Blinded by
tears and clouded by sorrow.
You always do what is best for us,
Cat, dog
or human
And hence
I shall hold my tongue in silence
Lest my
foolishness be my downfall.
[God's
imagined reply:]
So as it
is said,
So shall
it be done.
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Good-Looking Carlos
14th Sept. 2018 - 4th July 2019
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Good-Looking Carlos
14th Sept. 2018 - 4th July 2019
