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Father Abraham Danny Siegel Genesis Chapter 22 – Slightly Changed
Just yesterday Deciding blasphemy was better Removing lowdramatic
Hollywooden fantasies
I cut a jagged edge in my Tanach just before God ’ s goodygoody angel toodivinely grabs the knife from Abraham
A welltold story to a point Believable for even those who don ’ t believe a threedays silencewalk in all or almost all aloneness with his and laughing
Sarah ’ s longawaited son to a mountain where the air and mind could clarify each other and then to build an altar thankyou blessings for the gift of mountains sons and airclearminds But what kind father ties a son face-up on any altar daring staring into Isaaceyes slicing deeply fiercely
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