Norman MacCaig, “A Man I Agreed With”:

 

“He knew better than to admire a chair and say What does it mean?

 

He loved everything that accepted the unfailing hospitality of his five senses. He would say Hello, caterpillar or So long, Loch Fewin.

 

He wanted to know how they came to be what they are: But he never insulted them by saying Caterpillar, Loch Fewin, what do you mean?

 

In this respect he was like God, though he was godless – He knew the difference between What does it mean to me? and What does it mean?

 

That’s why he said, half smiling, Of course, God, like me, is an atheist.”