Demiurge

[hack]

Child come hither

Yaldabaoth, the simpleton, clothed in clouds,
beheld his arrogance, and called it splendor,
casting aside wisdom, he sat enthroned,
and preened while lording over lowly man,
the fool, the Blind God, the god of fools.

[lallison]

You're into some cool and interesting stuff, as ever. It took me a bit of research to get a grip on your content here, but it was worth it. I'm a big fan of mythology and have always been fascinated by how much meaning we can derive from old stories people originally fashioned to make meaning of the world. I took this to be a pomp filled statement of meaninglessness and a solitary intriguing sentence. Like much of your work, there is much to ponder over in this short poem.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Unfortunately (for me) there's ambiguity in whether the last line refers back to Yaldabaoth or to the lowly as seen from his point of view.

This took away somewhat from the unmitigated pleasure I got from the wonderful, unforced authority of the whole of this.

[Bar22do]

Let's not give it (or him) such a "godly" status, the lion-faced serpent is only a subaltern, it can be stupid, preening himself on its easily appropriated clouds, for, after all, neither it's ruling nor followed, and if it is, it's by the fooled, not by the fools...
An angry thought, hack, wrap it in peace... Bar

[Delta40]

had to look the name up to get an understanding! you lit-netters are highly educated! Seems like this guy is not a master at all!

[hack]

Thanks all. Prince, I see the ambiguity that troubles you. Bar, I think that the line separating fools from the fooled, in this instance, is the proverbial "distinction without a difference". The Demiurge is an ancient concept that grew and morphed over time. This refers to the Gnostic ideal. In this case it is an indictment of the kind of prideful ignorance that is the thread that connects atheism and religion...peace...

[Hawkman]

As always, a fascinating poem, hack and beautifully written. But it does read as antitheistic and an indictment of religion, remarkably achieved in so few words. you definitely chose the right ones.

So yes, I loved it. H