The End Of A Career In Hebron #TonyvsQuincy

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+-----The End Of  A Career In Hebron
 
Quincy, my heart’s passion for
Taylor Swift is Asahel, cherished
(like a brother) – Her voice
valiant, with lyrical wit light of foot as
a wild roe, ardently
chasing and warring with outmoded,
trite conventions of the Music Industry
Banal; Soldiers pledging Saul’s allegiance.
And you are Abner, bland melody armies’
senior commander, her good name’s
assassin impaling her with insults
as the butt of a spear under the 5th rib.
…And my indignation like Joab’s fingers
wrapped about the hilt
of disdain’s sword- luring you behind
Hebron’s Gate, at peace with your
sanctimony. Unsuspectingly thrusting
the tip of your now quickly fading
career under your 5th rib too. Forcefully.
                         
------2 Samuel 3:26-30
When Joab came out from David's presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. But David did not know about it. And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father's house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or who is leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!” So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

Dreaming In Color

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+-----Dreaming In Color; Joseph's Thoughts Upon Receiving His Multicolored Coat 

They whisper: the herdsman,
the maidservants, of my Dad’s
skirmish years ago with God’s Angel
to favorable results. The way kids
honor warriors returning home badly
scarred, but still alive. Of cunning, of
outmaneuvering Esau’s malice, impassioned,
to inherit the Nations. And now….
I wear his woven textiles of kaleidoscope
affectation. He says my coat
is now as the sunrise will be
in Eden reclaimed soon. I think to myself,
“when Im grown, I’ll stare at the Angel; 
Demand for myself a great destiny, too.”


------Genesis 37:1-4
Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him

Good Will

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+-----Good Will; The Thoughts Of Samaritan Tending To The Wounds Of The Jewish Man On The Side Of The Road

Friend I have seen your curse 
and known it, the stigma of a Samaritan
like serrated talons of eagles
tearing Prometheus’s liver asunder
- him eternally aware. Like you left
here bleeding out Julius Caesar-like by
the vilest and basest of robbers. (Neglected
too by Priest, Levite passing.)
But now, let us forget the past. Wine and oil,
wine and oil. For wounds. For righteousness
and mirth later tonight at the Inn. Two
men rising over their misfortune, sharing
a meal, anticipating greatest of times ahead.

------Luke 10:25-37
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”  Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”

Faithfulness

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+------Faithfulness; Abraham's Thoughts While Climbing The Mount To Slay Isaac 

Climbing the mountain in Moriah
Im cast to the ground by
emotions sporadic - the
winds that pushed back Noah
mounting the edge of the
door of the Ark - flashbacks of
leaving Ur, my father, for the Unknown.
I remember that night’s dark, the
squeals of jackals, red eyes, over-
powering my prayers. And now again, 
I sojourn. At the apex, my knife’s blade
the portal to a life without Isaac. I wont
be the first to trust God to fashion a new
world; find peace in chaos. God help me.

------Genesis 22:1-19
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy[a] will go over there and worship and come again to you.” And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

Taylor Swift's Kiss; Like Fever Departing Tony Conti's Heart's Mother-In-Law #taylordatetony

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+------ Taylor Swift's Kiss; Like Fever Departing Tony Conti's Heart's Mother-In-Law

And Taylor, my dating life
is my heart’s bed-ridden mother-
in-law feverish…sallow, staring,
listless at romantic ambitions
like the ceiling; the way sailors
do Orion’s constellation whilst lost
at sea, famished and wishful. But
babes! My heart is Peter, your
devoted disciple anticipating
redeeming. If you took me to
Starbucks, a Savior of Love
entering my soul’s house – tall,
blue eyes of the angels that dance
beneath magnolia trees in Eden, and
blonde, with the softest, purest lips.
If we kissed over coffee, like your hand
touching her hand. The fever’d leave,
my soul'd minister unto you.

------Matthew 8:14-15
And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

A Woman's Lap

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+------A Woman's Lap; The Sanctuary Of Man; Samson's Thoughts While  Sleeping On Delilah

I sometimes liken
my soul to Osiris’s hunted
by Seth, he and Egypt soon fated for
vicious ruination. I hallucinate while
bathing, a sudden splash 72 Philistines
rising from below, taking hold of my neck,
forcing me beneath the surface.
I swing my arms wildly in sleep as
though against wild, feral lions on Zorah’s
plains. And I just want sanctum, a
woman’s lap to rest on, a trusted place
to confide, finally, the deepest of Nazarene
secrets..my razors, my hair. No fear of harm. 

------Judges 16:4-20
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

The Shape Of Her

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+------The Shape Of Her; David's Thoughts While Gazing at Bathsheba 

No preceding experience
could ready me for this…encompassing
enchantment; I hear the
footsteps of Adam, Eve. Eden’s leaves
rustling, twigs snapping, Birds
adjusting their wings in nervous
flutter as they approached The Tree
defiant. And Im spellbound by the
shape of her, forbidden. Her body
picked from the soul’s branches of sloth.
This will be my ruin, I know. But I must
taste, see love ephemeral. Lust infernal.

------2 Samuel 11:1-4
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.