
God: The Anthropocene Interview, Part I
I will miss
the birds most,
said God
when asked.
He, like all of us,
has been wondering
about things.
Wondering if a
pandemic
is natural cause
and effect, or
defense mechanism?
Wondering if evil
simply becomes itself,
or rises from the ashes
of what could have been?
Wondering how He
became the excuse
for so much violence
and unkindness?
Wondering what
“act of god” or
“mass destruction”
equates to a
serious reckoning?
Wondering why He
gave the most complex brain
to homo sapiens and not,
for example,
the osprey, the robin,
the starling, the crow?

Photo by Kunal Baroth/Pexels. Poem ©2022, Jen Payne. #NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Month. If you like this poem, you can read similar in my books and zines, available from Three Chairs Publishing on my ETSY SHOP. They come autographed, with gratitude and a small gift.