Hate You Christ I Do Not

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