Surgical Deities Poem by Boghos Artinian

I am hesitant
to let any deity
mess with an empire of cells
(my body) ,
a strong government
(my brain) ,
and an army
of lymphocytes,
mast cells, and macrophages
in my innards.
I, their god,
must first agree
to let another god
perform a 'divine intervention'
in my empire,
and on my behalf.
To do that
I must sign a consent form.
Of course I can refuse,
which might mean
the annihilation of my empire,
and I with it;
or perhaps
its deliverance
from the mismanagement
of other gods!