Just this morning I opened you upTo learn the difference betweenTheology and theosophy. You let me interruptMy reading and now I don’t know what either means.Instead I know using my thumbI can press your button and thenOn your screen watch you becomeThe mistress of fact, like the time whenThis afternoon I learned that all too soonYou’ll come with software that’ll unlock your denseand dark-faced tombBy IDing 88 spots on my countenance.OK fine—of course I know one means the study of beliefWhile the other confirms god will bring no relief
Daniel Torday is the author of the novel The Last Flight of Poxl West, a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, and an International Dublin Literary Award nominee. A twotime National Jewish Book Awardee and winner of the 2017 Sami Rohr…
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The American Poetry Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2019