… and there was a word, and the word was love,
put in ear, set in heart, installed to reign to and fro
upon flowers and puppies, upon human all and all not.
Through deeds of men, through the tongues of tribes.
… and there was a word, and the word was war,
by ends forced it bred known, it grew done,
upon kin and kith living, upon lizards and lords.
Minds full of lexis, gods in distress in death and deed.
… and there is a word,
and the word is…
and it is killed, lovingly.