My story has legs
But it will never run away. . ..
In the beginning before the beginning
Earth and Sky were wife and husband
They lived in the same house
Ate from the same dish
Laughed the same laughter
And slept each night
Locked in cosmic embrace
From their union sprang
The mountain and the river
And the river was woman
And the mountain was man
The river raised a song
The mountain spread its echoes
Among the Seven Winds
In the beginning
Earth and Sky were wife and husband
Then, one night,
When the cloud was bold and the moon was shy
Esu* tiptoed through the silence
And poisoned the joyous laughter
Of a perfect union. . . . .
A strange hush fell across the universe
Trailed by a wild and eerie outburst
Sky’s face furrowed into a frown
For Earth all song became a sigh
In the beginning
Earth and Sky were husband and wife
(Continued next week)
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