The Names (A Chant)
Throughout the physical universe, through every atom and star, flows a continuous current of names, yours among them. This sub-atom stream of sound is the meeting ground of physics and religion. Om Tamuz Shambu Ra! Eloi Shiva Christus Ma! O Nameless Tao Eternal Name Thousand-Petaled Thousand-Hearted Name with a Thousand Eyes, a Thousand Tongues of Flame! Father's name and mother's name conceiving the name of the Son, Mother vowel and father sibilant twining flames of black Calligraphy in white fire suckling verbs of virgin birth, Their Word made flesh in merest neuron and synaptic flash! Do not forget the name of their daughter Lilith laughter Of violent Titans dwelling in the hypothalamus Of galaxy Andromeda naming enormously from chaos The tiniest seashell Opalescent Nudibrank! And do not forget the name of her hands that hold The squirting nipple in our mouths the names of her fingers the pseudo-zygo-dactylous gesture of Mary! Or warrior-eyed and wrathful dance of twin names...