The Hastily Assembled Angel Considers the Kingdoms of Dogs and of People

The hastily assembled angel wanders And has      through cities centuries of  cities And countries and millennia of  cities And countries and of  women and of men      there’s No hurry now though he was hurriedly Once brought to being      and bears the scars of  that Though slowly      in the Earth      though slowly he Eventually began to wonder what The hurry had been for      and if  he could Have been a better angel or have done Better the job he did if once They’d made him the      other angels had allowed Him to meet God      for he has been uncertain As people are uncertain he has nev- er been as certain      as dogs are      who sniff The wind that moves the curtain      and see behind the curtain