Prairie Fire

The Death of God

- GRANT GUY

God was a hopeless hunter of men

God had been out to murder me for fifty years

But I was too clever for God

On December 22, 1978, while I was outside of Indian Head

Bushwhacki­ng me God shot Himself in the foot

He was hopping mad

On October 17, 1970, God thought He had me trapped

Instead He hit a woman in the stomach

Her name was Mary

She has been seeking child support ever since to no avail

God did not give up

He sought me high and low

In brothels and churches

Decades came and went

By the time He caught up with me He was getting long in the tooth

He had cataracts

Blind as a doorknob

A bad heart

I was there when He died

He was dumpster diving

His death throes were melodramat­ic

He could die however He wanted

He was God

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