OSLO - by Dan Schreiber

or Sig
 
a viking asks me
   "what is your relationship with gods?"
i take another drink
   of this viking beer
   listen to this viking music
   and think about this viking question
"i don't know..."
   and my
    (only slightly viking)
   mind sails
    ['from the land of the ice and snow']
   across the ocean
    first traversed by this man's fathers
   to relationships
"...what do you mean by 'relationships' - and, maybe more importantly, by 'gods'?"
"exactly! fucking beautiful! we created the gods, so they are part of us, so they are us!"
"right. so i have very different relationships with very different gods - and goddesses, if
     you want to make the distinction."
"i don't think it's really needed, but i am glad to meet an american god."
"and i a norwegian."
"skål."
"skål."
we drank
   talked
   listened
   thought
viking gods

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