on the whiteboard, red marker; “Define God.” 

easy, i think 

when an egg is cracked over a burning pan, the entirety of the egg’s concealed self, the yolk

and surrounding material is then exposed 

ejected from the shell, it falls for an infinitesimal fraction of eternal time within

this period; the egg, having no will of its own, is governed by natural law. the

shell is broken: the egg falls 

as it burns, the yolk thickens and dries 

as it burns, the surrounding material clouds and solidifies 

on the burning pan, the egg becomes flesh and is consumed by the flame. however,

despite the brevity of the egg’s existence, the egg’s plunging body is immortalized in the heart

of the Observer 

it is He who sees the egg in its most vulnerable state; ripe, wet and falling, and He who finds

liberation in its bright yellow yolk