God did and did not make the apple
on the Tree: God, that moving thing
left a space where the apple was to be
and instead left a place for God unmade

a pharaoh king; a chimpanzee--
the maggot of the moth--
time to a junebug--
a god with a clock--

We will die in the morning, I believe.
We will die with our arms, cut off.
We will die with dignity or we shall not survive.