If a circle could speak, its god would be circular.
If a triangle could speak, its god would be triangular.
Take the boats out to Oudekerk for the dance
Of the dead by their beloveds in the flowers
Outside the gates; let’s talk it through, you and I,
If a circle could speak, its god would be circular.
If a triangle could speak, its god would be triangular.
Do not listen to his words, they said,
Do not read what he has written, they said,
All this before I’d spoken up at all, I was, but what, twenty-four?
If a circle could speak, its god would be circular.
If a triangle could speak, its god would be triangular.
In nature, God does not hate or love, I said,
If god does not hate or love, I said, it is in our nature,
Love (and hate) do not exist, I said; it is only nature.
If a circle could speak, its god would be circular.
