They Say The Gods Are Here Poem by RIC BASTASA

on earth
they say the gods are here
and i look at
each on each face
and they do not
look at all
different than me

or you and i touch their skins
and feel that they too have
bones much like
our own brittleness

but they say they are gods
and i am but a very
insignificant flicker

dust
atom invisible to the
importance of themselves

i get lost
and they get lost &
at the end
i have no respect left
or sense of awe
or ardor
for adoration of whatever
sacred name
they put on their breasts
or name tags
on their foreheads

holy cow! i tell myself
what the hell! i curse the wind
what a mess! i type at the end
of the haggle


must i be wrong
correct me if you may

for i have mistaken them
as myself.