In the Beginning

[Quixilated]

I love this!!!   Somehow the scripture structure adds that gravity of importance that little children feel about every aspect of the world.  When they make a craft, to them it is the most wonderful creation in all the world and they cannot fathom that others would fail to see the grandeur.  And yet the careful detailing of the chaos and the destruction their magnificent art is causing, the itemizing of every single thing is something that only the parent would see.  Children don't notice that the sticky is on the cabinet or that the art project is growing out of proportion.   So somehow simultaneously we have a snapshot of the joy and bigness the children are feeling, and also the amusement and resignation the parent is feeling about the chaos and mess.  And then also, I love that this is modeled after the creation story, Genesis 1, and the children are creating animals and people like little gods hard at work.  

Would you consider putting quotation marks around the dialogue?    Or does that clutter it?  

In the beginning, there was construction paper.
The children said, let us cut it into shapes:
triangles for alligator teeth,
ovals for panda tongues,
rectangles for orangutan feet.

Color and water seeped into the paper,
while the crafter's sand remained
on the surface.

There were sequins, buttons,
pom poms and pipe cleaners--
all separated from each other
according to size and hue.
And the children longed
to end their loneliness,
the disconnection between elements.

So, the children said, let there be glue,
enough to cover the whole earth.
We will join the trees–-
paper shapes to table, cabinets,
floor, and baseboard. It is not good
for them to be alone.

And we will bind humans together into one:
hand to hair, fingertip to palm--sticky
like us. One likeness for each child.

Then they said, let us cover our creations
in glitter. They saw that it was good,
and reveled in their creations without rest.