‘Murderous Tenant’ (God)

Murderous Tenant (God)

you were such a fruitful one
you protected yours
then you protected everyone
‒at least in beneficiary
always on the contrary
in depths of voices
of the canary

since seven times seven times seven
completed its road into heaven
may the nines begin
but first the eights have to win

so let eight minus seven
times eight times nine
‒to enjoy the rhyme
let it be
eight in time
and the times of nine

for the eights have to stay
for the nines in wait
hear, hear, hear
call in all the actions
for the eights in wait
forgot the date

eight and seven and nine
it's all not behind
but ahead
in principle of kind
absent of drawn lines

in the rattle
comes a sign
you don't have to guess
the poet is lost in quest
but found in the conquest
of a simple guest

all because the given
was a simple token

guess in the nines
the sum of the rhyme
comes times nine
your guess or Mine†

the one and only
of all times
God† Almighty
who's not enjoying His† time
disciplining in kind
through a solid, steady rhyme
in comes pi
but not a drawn line

no accepting compromise
eight and seven times nine
the next in line
will draw a small line
death the sign
all across the rind
of all time

then you will know
it is I†
the master of time!

(January 6, 2022)―I wrote it as I heard it. After ‘Murderous Tenant’ came, ‘open the book’ came.

Special Poem of Thanksgiving for All Things—Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. (His love endures forever.) Give thanks to the God of gods. (His love endures forever.) Give thanks to the Lord of lords: (His love endures forever.) to Him who alone does great wonders, (His love endures forever.) who by His understanding made the heavens, (His love endures forever.) who spread out the earth, upon the waters, (His love endures forever.) who made the great lights—(His love endures forever.) the sun to govern the day, (His love endures forever.) the moon and stars to govern the night; (His love endures forever.) to Him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt (His love endures forever.) and brought Israel out from among them (His love endures forever.) with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; (His love endures forever.) to Him who divided the Red Sea asunder (His love endures forever.) and brought Israel through the midst of it, (His love endures forever.) but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; (His love endures forever.) to Him who led His people through the desert, (His love endures forever.) who struck down kings, (His love endures forever.) and killed mighty kings—(His love endures forever.) Sihon king of the Amorites (His love endures forever.) and Og king of Bashan—(His love endures forever.) and gave their land as an inheritance, (His love endures forever.) an inheritance to His servant Israel; (His love endures forever.) to the One who remembered us in our low estate (His love endures forever.) and freed us from our enemies, (His love endures forever.) and who gives food to every creature. (His love endures forever.) Give thanks to the God of heaven. (His love endures forever.)—Psalm 136

The Many Things for which Temple Servants Can Give Praise—Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord; praise Him, you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praise to His name, for that is pleasant. For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be His own, Israel to be His treasured possession. I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. The Lord does whatever pleases Him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from His storehouses. He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals. He sent His signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings―Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan and all the kings of Canaan―and He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to His people Israel. Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your renown, O Lord, through all generations. For the Lord will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants. The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. O house of Israel, praise the Lord; O house of Aaron, praise the Lord; O house of Levi, praise the Lord; you who fear Him, praise the Lord. Praise be to the Lord from Zion, to Him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.—Psalm 135

Notes: Again I’m led to October 8, 2019: Oil Spill Warning. As I wrote yesterday, still is.