Esther Cohen

Here Today

G-d is here
today. She is
a spectacular g-d,
all good company
and magnificence.
She sings, barks,
and is an able contortionist. (She
learned this in India.)
She does splits
when you don't
expect them.
She has a big vocabulary.
She is part Jewish
part Buddhist
part wind.
She plays excellent piano,
speaks Urdu, breathes
deeply, and does
the sun salute each day.
This G-d knows the words
to many songs. She bakes
bread, and often makes
strawberry shortcake.
She turns these small mountains
so green you want to eat them
an then
she just hands you
a long light yellow porch
where you can sit
and sit and sit
to watch her move
so slowly you would miss her
if you weren't watching closely.