And then he knows that this is the one
He has come to see
But to see him old and human -not sky-born and blessed,
A man like himself-
This is not what he expected

"Expectation is a dangerous thing-
It never comes alone, it comes with greed and envy
And they are bad housemates
But there is a goodness in you that moves me to speak
And so I will tell you all you want to know

It was the gods who decided on the flood
They met in the great city and swore an oath
To keep their plan secret from every living thing
But Ea, he who co-created humanity,
Came to my house and told the walls and I heard what he said

He told the walls to build a boat as wide as it was long
To fill it with gold and every living thing
And this I did
I closed the door behind me and did not know
That I was opening and closing the door on history

Then the clouds arrived, the black clouds of rain
And the earth split open beneath them

The gods shook like beaten dogs, hiding in the far corners of heaven,
Ishtar screamed and wailed:
"The days of old have turned to stone:
We have decided evil things in our Assembly!
Why did we decide those evil things in our Assembly?
Why did we decide to destroy our people?
We have only just now created our beloved humans;
We now destroy them in the sea!"
All the gods wept and wailed along with her,
All the gods sat trembling, and wept.

Seven days and seven nights of it
Seven without pause or let-up
Rain and flood and rain and flood
Until at last light returned to the earth

And then what did I see but that all men were turned to stone
And so I cried for that desolation

I had landed on a mountain
And waited there for seven days and on the seventh day