The Last Judgement

First, there was a beast,
who did what beasts will do, quite well.
One task alone, to be a beast--
and then he grew,
and changed,
and found his thumbs,
and one day knew that he could rule,
and make, and learn,
and what he needed was a God
to take him past the enemy that lurked among the trees,
and that was death
.
This God he made was frightening, and so was taught
to be a friend, who then would share authority
to sit upon the higher rock, and judge the earth.
(Most blessed are the beasts
who will not understand such power.)

The man sat down with his created God
and could not dare to look into his face,
for he, himself in medias res
would learn of justice only at the end
in retrospect.
With his clay hands he seized the gavel one last time
and cried out, "Court adjourned."
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