Creation Myth

"How many creation myths do you know?"
We count on our fingers, silently.
I know 8. He knows 8 too.

I name them off first:
Chinese, Navajo, Australian,
Egyptian, Christian,
Atlantian, Human Race,
And Darwinian.

He intellectualizes,

"It is interesting
How there are many creation myths within
One culture."

I tell him that my myth is the same
And spans across cultures.

Mine goes like this:
There were 8 aliens
Who wanted to make slaves.
They mixed their blood
With that of an ape,
And out came the human slave.

In Egypt, in Atlantis, in Australia....
We were transported and placed.

He can't seem to remember
The last of his myths,
His pinky pointing up and out
From the rest of his curled fist.

I put his finger down, and affirm,
"WE are a creation myth."