Flip Flops and Time

In the beginning–only flip flops and time.

Crude sandals to protect and preserve.

Long days: sandy beaches, gravelly river banks or deserts—

grow tribes, families, towns, countries.

In the beginning—only flip flops and time.

Youthful love; splashed with the wet of creation.

Long years: children, migrations, settlements and peace—

grow governments, wealth, boundaries and scuffle.

In the beginning—only flip flops and time.

Costumes flourish to prance in peacock style.

Long centuries: contests, wars, hatred and division—

grow strong in delusion.

In the beginning—only flip flops and time.

Creation simmered, boiled and burst into energy.

Long lines: computer code, devises, quick moving thumbs—

grow divisions of people.

How did we lose Flip Flops and Time?