Three triolets for Yahweh
11 August 2021
WARDLEY BARRY
I
Whose God are you?
My father knows Mavoyati,
And he wasn't a Jew.
Whose God are you
To force on me a value
That defies my ancestry?
Whose God are you?
My father knows Mavoyati.
II
What is this holiness you sell?
My dance is not wicked.
My song is not a spell.
What is this holiness you sell,
That calls me a rebel
When I summon the dead?
What is this holiness you sell?
My dance is not wicked.
III
Your Adam came from the earth.
My mother is the earth itself;
To its spirits she gave birth.
Your Adam came from the earth.
Why should he decide my worth?
You can keep him to yourself.
Your Adam came from the earth.
My mother is the earth itself.
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