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Question: How do you interpret this poem!? ("God, A Poem"-James Fenton)!?
A nasty surprise in a sandwich,
A drawing-pin caught in your sock,
The limpest of shakes from a hand which
You'd thought would be firm as a rock,

A serious mistake in a nightie,
A grave disappointment all round
Is all that you'll get from th'Almighty,
Is all that you'll get underground!.

Oh he said: 'If you lay off the crumpet
I'll see you alright in the end!.
Just hang on until the last trumpet!.
Have faith in me, chum-I'm your friend!.'

But if you remind him, he'll tell you:
'I'm sorry, I must have been pissed-
Though your name rings a sort of a bell!. You
Should have guessed that I do not exist!.

'I didn't exist at Creation,
I didn't exist at the Flood,
And I won't be around for Salvation
To sort out the sheep from the cud-

'Or whatever the phrase is!. The fact is
In soteriological terms
I'm a crude existential malpractice
And you are a diet of worms!.

'You're a nasty surprise in a sandwich!.
You're a drawing-pin caught in my sock!.
You're the limpest of shakes from a hand which
I'd have thought would be firm as a rock,

'You're a serious mistake in a nightie,
You're a grave disappointment all round-
That's all you are, ' says th'Almighty,
'And that's all that you'll be underground!.'Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I interpret this as a poetic atheistic view!. The author believes that we are all accidents of s**ual union and when we die we are just worm food!. He doesn't believe God is real and felt the need to express his views poetically!. Can't say I agree though!.

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God,"They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good!. Psalm 14:1 and 53:1

The Message versions says it like this:

Bilious and bloated, they gas, "God is gone!."
It's poison gas—
they foul themselves, they poison
Rivers and skies;
thistles are their cash crop!.
God sticks his head out of heaven!.
He looks around!.
He's looking for someone not stupid—
one man, even, God-expectant,
just one God-ready woman!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The author proclaims there is no God, but I disagree!.
There is a God, He is the Almightly!.
Just read His Word and you to will see,
there is a God, an Almighty!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In the simplest sense:

The poet is proclaiming there is no god!.Www@QuestionHome@Com