"predawn," part six of "The Volcano and the Covenant" by Alicia Suskin Ostriker

6. predawn

ruach, ruach, the language to say it

ruach, ruach, wind, spirit, breath

spirit of god on the deep’s face

spirit of god moved on the face

of the deep, spirit

moved

spirit was moving, spirit was moving

ruach elohim

the face of the deep waters moved

first it was dark darkness was on it

the face of the deep darkness was upon it

then the spirit came the wind came

the breath came and it moved

it moved, the breath came

and it moved

ruach it

moved

~

what did the stars do

the stars sang for joy

what did the hills do

they leaped like young rams

what does the day do

it tells the next day

what does the night do

whisper to the next night

what shall I do

Source of the text – Alicia Suskin Ostriker, the volcano sequence.  Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002, p. 99.

Bourguignomicon: Creation-aubade. The wind-of-God meets face-of-the-deep, luxuriating in the dark waters & King James sounds of Gen 1:2, ending in questions.