The History of Creation

At the start of it all,
Aga was of flesh.
Dissatisfied with the weakness of the flesh, Aga the Great
reached from the skies
plunging his mighty fists
into the hard ground.
From the metal therein,
Aga the Strong fashioned arms.
Cutting his own arms from his flesh,
Aga affixed the newer, stronger ones,
hurling the flesh to the earth.
From the flesh and ground
sprung the first race of people,
great of might and strength.

Pleased, Aga surveyed the new arms
and surveying found weakness in the legs.
Once more Aga the Quick harvested,
pulling metal into legs.
Cutting his own legs from his flesh,
Aga affixed the newer, stronger ones,
hurling the flesh to the ground.
From the flesh and the ground
sprung the second race of people,
swift of foot and strong of leg.

Again Aga admired his body
and found fault in his torso.
Drawing metal yet again,
Aga the Loving molded,
shaping a chest from metal.
Aga the Virile shaped a new groin,
cutting off the old in place of the new.
Tossing his flesh to the ground,
it split on impact, shaping from those parts
the third and fourth races of people,
those lustful and seductive
and those of great caring and empathy.

Gazing at his new body,
Aga was pleased with his appearance.
Aga the Wise noticed then
that his head alone remained of flesh.
One last time Aga pulled forth metal,
fashioning a head, and removing his own.
It fell to the earth, and from the earth
and flesh was created the fifth race of people,
those of strong intellect and logic
(but little common sense)
for Aga the Foolish had not realized
the powers of the head.

Untended, his metal body fell to the earth
and burrowed underneath its dark blanket.
Thus were men created, by the unwitting sacrifice of
Aga the Dead.