Autobiographical Essays

Beate Caspari-Rosen, MD (1910 - 1995)

IF

God created the universe

He chose the planet earth

Dividing light from dark

Land from water

Filling the sky with birds

The sea with fish

The land with flora and fauna

As apotheosis

He formed man and woman

"Be fruitful and multiply"

Then he rested

He did not hear the cries for help

Nor did he care to see the destruction

On the eighth day

Crushing the earth

Like a broken toy

In his mighty hand

He threw it back

Into the universe

Choosing the planet Venus

To try again