God's List of Liquids

by Anne Carson

Glass, Irony and God

It was a November night of wind. Leaves tore past the window. God had the book of life open to PLEASURE

and was holding the pages down in one hand because of the wind from the door. For I made their flesh as a sieve

wrote God at the top of the page and then listed in order:

Alcohol

Blood

Gratitude

Memory

Semen

Song

Tears

Time.