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in a workshop jammed with hypotheses
 

                                    at any rate
what about God whose existence is not
beyond doubt puttering around
in a workshop jammed with hypotheses

                                    puttering around
absentmindedly...
searching for one-celled organisms

from “Dead March for Sergeant MacLeod” and “On First Looking into Avison’s ‘Neverness’,” respectively, in Al Purdy, Collected Poems of (1986) : 173 and 359 : link

Al Purdy (1918-2000)
wikipedia : link
 

29 May 2023