Raven 37: Veneration and Worship

Not both. Not neither. Exactly one. Pick one -- or one picks you. Do you look up or down?

Case

Woodpecker said, "I'm like Owl, still thinking about our visit to the Little Church in the Grotto. I wonder, what's the difference between veneration and worship?"
Raven said, "One makes your tummy warm, the other doesn't."
Woodpecker asked, "Which is which?"
Raven said, "Not my business."

Verse

I worship as an intransitive verb.
I venerate transitively.
Everything is one thing;
Every thing is another.

Case by Robert Aitken; introduction and verse by Meredith Garmon

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