Primeval Productions of I
The Prophets were the first to stand out stark
As individuals, distinct as freaks
From sideshows in a kindergarten park.
God made them with their molten streaks
In beards. They did not want to be that way
But they were branded by Jehovah, or
By Allah or Apollo. They said Nay
And spoke in riddles. One spoke out in hoar
Words that destroyed Oedipus. This
One was unique. He knew what it was like
To be a man and then to squat to piss
As women—then regained his uttering spike.
..But all of them had tongues that made them
….Risks, a scree threat set with a bonfire gem.