Friday, September 12, 2008

God's Mother

She doesn't get to say much in the official biography--
I believe they are out of wine, etc.,
practical things--

watching with one eye as he goes about the world
calling himself The Son of Man.
Naturalists tell us

that the hatching crow is fed by the male
but when it flies, by the mother.
Love_____Fly_____Man
Loves____Flies____Mans
Loved____Flew____Manned
Loving___Flying___Manning
Loved____Flown__Woman.
It is what grammarians call a difference of tense and aspect.

2 comments:

Esteban Vázquez said...

I once wrote a short article in Spanish about the translation of Θεοτόκος. Perhaps I will post it sometime for your edification.

J. K. Gayle said...

Sí, Esteban, quiero leerlo. Necesito edificación.