Father, when you used to
Meet Adam in the garden
For an evening walk, how much
Did you miss him when he left?
Father, when you looked down
And saw
Only one family left
Who remembered you,
Was it your tears that covered the earth?
I can see you now: rushing the remnant
Onto the ark, holding back
Just long enough
To get the door
Closed.
And then you wail.
And everything
Dies.
Father, did a sob
Catch in your throat
As you stayed the hand
Of Abraham, knowing
That someday
What he was just spared
You would not be?
Father, sometime I wonder
Sometimes I just wonder
Sometimes I just cry and I just wonder
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