FIELD
HAND
(1985)
is
god a cripple –
is
god’s left hand an arti
ficial
one he once
in a
while unbuck
les
and lays aside on a
fallen
tree-trunk out
in
the field to rest
for
a bit in the midst of
his
continued la
bours
with creation –
does
god show that much soli
darity
with man?
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Well, He came as near as this: "Jesus therefore, being wearied with the way he had come, sat just as he was at the fountain", John 4: 6.
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