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2title: The angel to Abraham
3genre: verse
4
5project:
6 title: Elegies for alternate selves
7 css: elegies
8 order: 10
9 prev:
10 title: Dead man
11 link: deadman
12 next:
13 title: Feeding the raven
14 link: feedingtheraven
15...
16
17Abraham, Abraham, you are old and cannot hear: \
18what if you miss my small voice amongst the creaking \
19of your own grief, kill your son unknowing \
20of what he will be, and commit Israel to nothing?
21
22Abraham, you must know or hope that [God][] \
23will not allow your son to die; you must know \
24that this is a test, but then why \
25are you so bent on Isaac's destruction? \
26Look at your eyes; there is more than fear \
27there. I see in your eyes desperation, \
28a manic passion to do right by your God \
29whom you are not able to see or know.
30
31Am I too late? I [will try][] to stay \
32your old hands, the knife clenched \
33within them, intent on ending life.
34
35Will you hear my small voice amongst the creaking, \
36or will it be the chance bleating of a passing ram?
37
38[God]: boar.html
39[will try]: i-am.html