Hate you,
Christ,
I do not, or seek.
I
In you as in the others gods, your elders.
I count you as neither more nor
Than they are, merely newer.
I do hate, yes, and calmly abhor
Who seek you above the other gods, yours equals.
I seek you where you are, not
Than them, not lower, yourself merely.
Say god, needed perhaps because there was None like you: one more in the Pantheon,
More, not purer: because the
Was complete with gods, except you.
Take care, exclusive idolater of Christ:
Is multiple, all days different from each other,
And only as multiple shall
Be with reality and alone.
Written under the pen name of Ricardo Reis
