One of us,
of the tribe mother christened Praise.
One of us,
a fellow soldier,
whose eyes saw, like first mother did.
One of us,
a father to sons and daughters.
Breads not his, buried in his tent,
and a hymn, his taste buds chorused.
For the one of us,
our God instructed,
"Purify the people...burn the one and all he has with fire."
But for the cold bodies of six and thirty,
we cast stones before fire, then stones after fire.
#Genesis 29³⁵, Genesis 3⁶, Joshua 7²⁴, Joshua 7²¹, Proverbs 9¹⁷, Proverbs 20¹⁷, Joshua 7¹³, Joshua 7¹⁵, Joshua 7⁵, Joshua 7²⁵
That last line feels deeper than it appears.
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