SUNRISE.(Poem)

Poetry | May 1, 2001| | Copyright 
 
   The Aztecs may not, after all, have been brutal 
   Though they believed the sun wouldn't rise 
   Unless the shrines of the sun god reeked with the odor 
   Of human blood. Maybe their notion of debt 
   Was stricter than ours. What could they pay the sun 
   For the priceless gift of corn but men and women 
   With their lives before them, young and happy? 
 
   As for a god who didn't expect repayment, 
   Who was happy to give as long as our species 
   Showed it was grateful, more a parent than lender -- 
   That notion was no more rational than the other 
   And far less ...

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