Jericho

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+----Jericho; The Thoughts Of Joshua Before Taking The City

I was a boy in Egypt,
I swore it was the candle
snuffed out by Mom rekindled:
a light lustrous, incandescent as
the sun, stirring me “awake.” Suddenly
I am an eagle, my arms feathered,
parting clouds before me;
Feet stiff, nails jagged, stony…
my unconscious mind plagued
with savage acts. In unrelenting circles
above prey identified vaguely.
And now, years later I march. Circling a 
city with once impregnable walls turned
timid, reticent, like a deer wounded.
The trumpets of priests sound like
swoops,whistles of an Eagle convocation.
Blood Thirsty. For our Land Promised. 

------Joshua 6:1-5
Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”