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We made gods of everything: Wind's whisper, hawk's wing, human grace.
We hide this now, uncomfortable with hierarchies not earned through tests and paper.
But maybe we'll remember—
God is who you call to,
the homies you pour one out for.
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰutóm (neuter past participle), either meaning “(that which is) invoked”, from ǵʰewH- (“to call, to invoke”), or “libated, poured as part of a liquid offering”, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), perhaps via the earlier meaning of “[libation made to an] idol” or “spirit immanent in a burial mound”.
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