Sweet+Milk+for+the+Terrible+Toothless+God

This expression, sweet milk for the terrible toothless god, fits in very well with the depressing aura of this poem. The meaning of the metaphor is clear: God is being compared to a baby, pining for sweet milk. His receiving of the milk is a little more complicated though. The poem makes it out to be that god is being served bread, soaked in this sweet milk. A comparison I made in this situation is that, at a fancy restaurant or a place like that, when you are served bread before a meal, there is often some sort of dip. Olive oil, etc. Therefore, the poet is creating the image of the baby god, basically being served his "daily bread" on a silver platter with a milk to dip it in, which reinforces his image as a baby. Finally, while analyzing the previous stanza, I figured that the sweet milk, while also representing god's babyhood, might also represent the tears of those grieving over lost loved ones.

I think your analysis in the last sentence begins to unravel the metaphor more effectively than in earlier sentences. I wonder if the sweet milk could be victims of the war who are meant to be sacrificed to this 'terrible toothless God.'