From f00d869e4c0e64be6093e4980e62e3c9b9b33cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:36:44 -0700 Subject: Add links to Elegies; write TODO.txt --- 15-angeltoabraham.txt | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 15-angeltoabraham.txt (limited to '15-angeltoabraham.txt') diff --git a/15-angeltoabraham.txt b/15-angeltoabraham.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..54d5dea --- /dev/null +++ b/15-angeltoabraham.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: 'The angel to Abraham' +project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' +... + +Abraham, Abraham, you are old and cannot hear: \ +what if you miss my small voice amongst the creaking \ +of your own grief, kill your son unknowing \ +of what he will be, and commit Israel to nothing? + +Abraham, you must know or hope that [God][] \ +will not allow your son to die; you must know \ +that this is a test, but then why \ +are you so bent on Isaac's destruction? \ +Look at your eyes; there is more than fear \ +there. I see in your eyes desperation, \ +a manic passion to do right by your God \ +whom you are not able to see or know. + +Am I too late? I [will try][] to stay \ +your old hands, the knife clenched \ +within them, intent on ending life. + +Will you hear my small voice amongst the creaking, \ +or will it be the chance bleating of a passing ram? + +[God]: 13-boar.html +[will try]: 21-i-am.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81