Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Magic of the 100th name of God

malaysiakini published my poem – with the news portal titling it In the name of God ;-) just KTemoc's little indulgence.

Once
I had a hundred names
with only 99 known.
Trust Isis and her wiles,
yes, a woman
and a lovely one too,
to pry the 100th out of me.
Devious!

Amazed!
I now have a new one but
minus an 'L' as if that
would mean someone else,
like Odin, Manitou, Zeus,
rather than ole me, you
know who, don't you?
I

Hey
I call out to them, they
in the red and blue corners.
The names' the same, it's all mine
of course, whose did you think?
Butt out, sneered one;
Yes, the other concurred;
Scat!

Huh?
But they're all mine, those
names you're fighting over.
So what, did you patent them
like mapped gerome of langsat
and petai for exclusive use?
No? Then, buzz off!
Goodbye

But
Why fight over my names
when I am the same Bloke
for all of you guys and gals?
Hellooooo, didn't we say
to butt out of our turf wars,
on exclusive use of THE name.
Understand?

Isis!
Only she knew my 100th name
that bestows the most powerful
magic on those who know.
She was privy to my secret (100th)
name called Compassion, sometimes
known as, would you believe,
Love!


I’ve published it as well over at KTemoc Komposes.

Related:
(1) My God, your God, whose God? Good God!
(2) Why 'Allah'? Why not 'Tuhan'?
(3) God and the letter 'L'
(4) Walking on waters of ignorance

3 comments:

  1. Poetic avanian droppings.

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  2. yeah good poem. KT, you passed fully as a poet. :)

    btw malaysiakini also published my article re: penang bus.

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