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In Genesis

 

   the boy hauled the wood

   the man carried the flame and the knife.

 

   The son asked his father,

                     Where’s the ram?

   The father replied,

                     God Himself will provide.

 

 

Now

 

   sons are trained to fight,

   they carry both fire and sword,

   they ask no questions

           of flag-waving fathers who send them off.

 

   No angelic voice cries out

           to stay the hand,

                          no stand-in ram is found

                                       as the blade swings down. 

In Genesis

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