Ancestors

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Ancestors

who may have looked like me,
feeding fire with words,
chanting the names 
of the sky god, moon god, wind god, and the one
who rides a black buffalo bringing death,
in youth I found you lame,
forebears ignorant of the sun’s
triple alpha breath,
polynucleotide chains, ATP                  since you are explaining, how do these relate to the sun?
and the conflagration it brings.  
But now my blood is tame,
the path still as long, and the gods still lie in wait
at the end of things.

I too enjoy very much your poems about the gods.  First and last lines are marvellous.  I am baffled by the ones referenced above, and even Googling doesn't help much.

TqB