We Are the Toys of Time

[busker]

We are the toys of time
antics, tricks, 
thoughtless entertainments
of an insane God
who inhabits
an invisible province
between the Earth and the Moon.   .... the idea of an insane god is not original, and just stating it like that doesn't leave much of an impression. Also, about the location - unless there's an allusion to medieval imagery (and there it's definitely not the region between the earth and the moon that heaven is located in), I don't see the point of the last three liens in this strophe

Sometimes an amorous game,
a tender caress,
a playful movement
for his amusement,
whether it be the touch of a woman
or some other lighthearted tip,
done out of charity
to send us some joy .... this entire strophe left me cold. It's much too wordy and still doesn't say anything  memorable

or a cut to the quick .. 'quick' is cliched and archaic
blood covering the face
nothing unveiled but the eyes
staring in surprise .. I like the last two lines

or simply a smothering
until death turns the body 
into a cooling fog
that lifts and is forgotten. ... these are a memorable 4 lines. The highlight of the poem

He is a fortunate God
plagiarized out of planets .... loved this line
misbegotten and random
a happy collection of atoms
in a sequence foretold ..... 'happy collection', 'misbegotten', 'random' - don't create much of an impression
the third man who casts
the decisive lot for his toys
and oddly descends
a point in time with no
reason or season ... too cliched again
or wish to survive. .... nice ending

I've taken certain words and phrases of this poem from the Oxford English Dictionary entries for "toy" and "happy" and "odd".  Of its 144 words, approximately half come from paraphrased definitions, etymologies and historical examples in the OED for those words.  Fun is where you find it, and that's where I found it this Sunday morning.

Hi TqB - I think this poem would benefit greatly from some editing and excising. Put in some comments, even though it's in Fun.