Crow Communes
"Well," said Crow, "What first?" God, exhausted with Creation, snored. "Which way?" said Crow, "Which way first?" God's shoulder was the mountain on which Crow sat. "Come," said Crow, "Let's discuss the situation." God lay, agape, a great carcass. Crow tore off a mouthful and swallowed. "Will this cipher divulge itself to digestion Under hearing beyond understanding?" (That was the first jest.) Yet, it's true, he suddenly felt much stronger. Crow, the hierophant, humped, impenetrable. Half-illumined. Speechless. (Appalled.)
Crow Communes - meaning Summary
Meaning After Divine Collapse
The poem presents Crow confronting a spent, unresponsive God after Creation. Treating God as both authority and carcass, Crow literally consumes part of him, turning a search for direction into a grim, comic act of survival. The poem suggests that meaning may not be received from divine power but wrested from its collapse, leaving Crow stronger yet still unable to speak or understand fully.
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