This poem was published in COMMONWEAL magazine in October 2005 and reprinted in MOQ (Minneapolis Observer Quarterly) in Spring 2007.

Letter to the editor, November 4, 2005: "I was very impressed with Todd Boss's short poem, "Worst Work," which succinctly explores the nature of God from the view of a poet contemplating his work--a work which, as any creative artist knows, is always subject to revision and possible improvement. It seems to me that if you concentrate on the sorry history of humanity's practice of violence and cruelty, you have to have some doubts about an attitude that says God is pleased with his creation and even "loves" it. But in human terms, it's a matter of "faith" that our individual and collective lives are worthwhile, so perhaps we should just "give the old fart the benefit of the doubt," keeping in mind that creativity and love, both on our part and on God's, is a never-ending process. Is the poem irreverent? Perhaps, but it's a legitimate way of capturing the reader's attention and provoking serious thought." -- Edward Ring, Spokane, Washington

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Ere We Are Aware
Worst Work
More So
Skin
Another Hand
Things, Like Dogs
We Tend to Sleep Better When the Clock Is Wound
Into the Prisons Sweep the Stars (a poem for Michelle Hensley and Ten Thousand Things Theater Company)
Go Ye Rarely to the Mall
The Hush of the Very Good
The Mind Will Wander