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Alphabets

Wasiq Bokhari November 19, 1998

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I am the living Word of God

He said "Be!" and I was

And then I learnt that the alphabets of my name

were not "W" "O" "R" and "D"

but "Earth" "Air" "Water" and "Fire"


and I was that


Earth floating on Water

Water imprisoned by Air

Air angered by Fire

and Fire held by Earth

I was a snake that bit its tail

And then I knew

That not all Earths felt the same

and not all Airs rose the same

That not all Waters cooled the same

and not all Fires burnt the same


So I was yet more

each alphabet of my name was broken into many

and I was more than a hundred elements combined


I live amongst those who live to take things apart

-- those who do not understand that one plus one

is sometimes more than two

and sometimes nothing at all



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