The Mad God
—by Mishka Zakharin
From the very heights of his
aloof and lonely mountain, from beneath the depths of cold, uncaring seas, or
from the stark cruelty of barren deserts, Mishka wears his godhood on his
sleeve… in his fourth poetry anthology, Mishka delves into the mythological and
the astrological, the psychological and the spiritual; whether monkey, daemon,
or god, Mishka provides all that his readers desire of him: creativity and lyricism, philosophy and
inaneness, morose subjectivity and shenanigans of mythic proportion—and, lest
we forget, naughty things all about!…
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2002 ISBN: 1-59109-452-6
Excerpts—
Definition of a Mad God
Alright, okay, okay, alright…
so maybe I’m mad—
such is not so difficult to explain—
but why a God?…
Oh, sure, fine,
so I haven’t dipped My divine fingers
into the well-spring of miasmic treacle
to pull forth an Adam or an Eve,
and a Garden in which to place them….
But I am a Writer and a Poet,
a Philosopher and a Creator—
I draw forth new worlds
from the Nothingness of the Cosmic Chaos,
and I bring about Life itself,
wrought from the innate power
that burns within Me
and cannot be denied;
from the Immaterial comes Matter,
from the Insubstantial arises Substance—
in the influence of My Being,
Oblivion becomes Eternity and Infinity…
nothing lies beyond My grasp,
for I am the Beginning and the End
and all things Between!…
The Fall
Radiant Lucifer shines in Heaven,
God’s brightest beacon;
within, the darkness grows…
At once selfish with the Lord’s praises,
and angry to be subservient;
proud to hold such high rank,
yet jealous of those who are free
of the responsibilities his position demands;
the maddening frustration of realizing
the qualities he resents so much in others
are those he himself most covets.
Eternity hangs in the balance,
awaiting his decision:
to serve in Heaven
and secretly despise all others,
or to rule in Hell—
and openly despise himself.
Chunks of Sky – #70
At the start of the deluge
everyone just thought:
“Hell—we could use some rain…”
But as their homes and families
and dreams and lives
were washed away,
and the world became enclosed
in its cocoon of wetly ironic salvation,
their screams for help
were muted by the thunder,
and the horror in their eyes flashed
with the wicked indignation of the lightning…
Even then, they could not understand,
they could not feel regret,
and everyone just thought:
“Hey—this really blows!”
God’s Plan
Who can say what is intended?…
To look upon the glories of the world,
to see the natural wonders of our planet,
and everywhere witness how easily
it can all be corrupted by the casual disregard—
if not outright, malicious contempt—
of Earth’s dominant life form…
perhaps made in the image of God,
yet ever, inherently inferior within….
Wallowing in the clinging morass
of the human condition:
reveling in the degradation
of uncompromising self-fulfillment;
forever seeking solutions through violence,
the last refuge of a limited intelligence;
surrendering always to the machinations of hate—
yet never admitting it stems from internal inadequacies…
Caught up in the whirlwind that is life,
it seems impossible to do more than speculate
as to the reason for us being here at all…
yet one aspect seems abundantly clear—
whatever His motives,
God has always had much more faith in us
than we have had in Him….
Of Gods and Monkeys
Big, hairy, clinging bastards—
There’s no telling them anything…
What the hell?
What the hell?!?
Contents—
Definition of a Mad God
Erato’s Favor
Fluxion
Musings – #6
Rantings of a Mad God
Musings – #25
Individuality
Musings – #23
September 27, 1997
The Fall
Upon Maura’s Egression
Living
Musings – #22
The Box
Chunks of Sky – #61
Epimetheus’s Path
December 25, 1996
Unintended Epicureanism
The View From Olympus
Mumping For the Light of Rebirth
December 25, 1997
Chunks of Sky – #18
Odin’s Dream
In the Ambiance of Rhadamanthus’ Nimbus
Judgment
Knowledge and Unreason
Directions
Chunks of Sky – #70
Ramblings of a Mad God
Sigel’s Folly
Presumed Journeys
A Fragment of a Figment
Discomboberations of a Mad God
Revelations 2
Perspectives of a Mad God
Terminalia
“28”
Deity
The Crux of Divinity
All or Nothing
Meditations of a Mad God
Everything
Musings – #24
The Womb of Darkness
The Two Queens
Musings of a Mad God
Chunks of Sky – #52
Goddess
Chunks of Sky – #60
Pulcharimae
“From the Delicate Foam”
On the Eve of the Nones of May
Chunks of Sky – #49
Aphrodite
Tartarus
This Solitary Kingdom
The Sanctuary of Eos
The Deities’ Minuet
Ode on an Etruscan Urn
Chunks of Sky – #57
Of Light and Peace
Appetites
Succubus
On Sinning
The Temple of Ishtar
Caprine Proclivity
The Centaur
Count Vronsky
Sacrifices to Dagon
Valhalla
Chunks of Sky – #63
Zeus
Chunks of Sky – #58
The Day Death Came Calling
Chunks of Sky – #35
Lazarus
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
The Easter Myth
Keeping God in a Box
God’s Plan
God
The Face of God
Parnassus
August 1, 1999 (2)
Of Gods and Monkeys
Madness of a Mad God
Mishka Shakespeare: The Complete Works