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Molten Calf

This is the god of lawlessness
A god of wantonness
And animal appetites
It a god of body and hunger
Of longing and wanting

That is my comfort
In these wild places and my banner
And standard in the battles
For I have grown weary and restless
In the shadow of this mountain

A god of singing and drinking
Of eating and dancing
A god of lewdness and wild gestures
Of revelry and release
In this desert place

And awaken my heart to the
Worship of the whim and
The adoration of the urge
In a wasteland so barren
In a world empty of God


by Doug Tanoury

This poem is © Copyright 2001

[The Moses Soliloquy | A Slaves Life | Blue & Purple & Scarlet Stuff | Burnt Offering | Cherubim Skillfully Worked | Favor In My Sight | Up on Sinai | Molten Calf | The Finger Of God | The Pharaoh of My Past | The Red Sea Between Us]


Doug Tanoury is primarily a poet of the Internet with the majority of his work never leaving electronic form. His verse can be read at electronic magazines and journals across the world.

The greatest influence on Doug's work was his 7th grade poetry anthology from Sister Debra's English class: Reflections On A Gift Of Watermelon Pickle And Other Modern Verse (Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders and Hugh Smith, (c)1966 by Scott Foresman & Company) He still keeps a copy of it at his writing desk.

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