I met God the Father in the street<\/p>\n
And the adjectives by which I would describe him are these:<\/p>\n
Amusing<\/p>\n
Experimental,<\/p>\n
Irresponsible \u2013<\/p>\n
About frivolous things<\/p>\n
He was not a man who would be appointed to a Board<\/p>\n
Nor impress a bishop<\/p>\n
Or gathering of art-lovers.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He was not splendid, fearsome or terrible<\/p>\n
And yet not insignificant.<\/p>\n
This was my God who made the grass<\/p>\n
And the sun<\/p>\n
And stones in streams in April;<\/p>\n
This was the God I met<\/p>\n
In an old quarry full of dandelions.<\/p>\n
This was the God I met in Dublin<\/p>\n
As I wandered the unconscious streets.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This was the God that brooded over the harrowed field \u2013<\/p>\n
Rooney\u2019s \u2013 beside the main Carrick road<\/p>\n
The day my first verses were printed \u2013<\/p>\n
I knew Him and was never afraid<\/p>\n
Of death or damnation<\/p>\n
And I knew that the fear of God was the beginning of folly.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Devil<\/p>\n
I met the Devil too,<\/p>\n
And the adjectives by which I would describe him are these:<\/p>\n
Solemn,<\/p>\n
Boring,<\/p>\n
Conservative.<\/p>\n
He was a man the world would appoint to a Board,<\/p>\n
He would be on the list of invitees for a bishop\u2019s garden party,<\/p>\n
He looked like an artist.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He was the fellow who wrote in newspapers about music,<\/p>\n
Got into a rage when someone laughed;<\/p>\n
He was serious about unserious things;<\/p>\n
You had to be careful about his inferiority-complex<\/p>\n
For he was conscious of being uncreative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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