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Poem: "Aftershocks"
Poet: Kelly Tsai
the week the tsunami hit
i started reading the Bible again
for the first time since I was five
God and all of his double-dealing and covenants
pimping out Sarah and setting up Eve
believe me, he will cut you down to size
and maybe that was Him
throwing his fist into the earth
and rolling back the waves
one rude
reckless
unrelenting
morning
i look at the morning paper
with its colorful graphs
and technical estimations
of earthquakes and aftershocks
all i could think
is that each little thing affects
each other
so cries CNN, Reuters,
the Associated Press and the BBC
so cries Red Cross and the
warhawk nations across the world
glaring at each other to up the ante
to loosen their purse strings
as prayers and exhausted sighs of relief
sound from every phone call, every
family member, i am alive,
i survived i can hear you
i turn on the morning radio
and there is so much laughter
the mouths are huge
monstrous
a sober vision
as i close Bible pages
take it by the spine and throw it against the wall
it breaks open,
leaves trembling like lips
i don't understand you God
but i do understand it's not your fault
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