WHO SPEAKS FOR CAIN
THE TROUBLE BEGINS
WITH YAHWEH NOT
TELLING ADAM’S FAMILY
HE WANTED BLOOD
SACRIFICES ONLY
IF HE DID IT’S NOT IN
THE TEXT
A TEXT WRITTEN MANY
MILLENNIUMS
SINCE THE FIRST MAN
IT’S NOT A TRUE
REPORT
BUT A RECOLLECTION OF
FOLK TALES
REFLECTING THE TIMES
WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN
A TIME WHEN CRUDE
NOMADS
WERE TAKING OVER THE
CULTURED CANAANITES
WITHOUT SOME MEANING
THE STORY DOESN’T
HOLD TOGETHER
AN ENGLISH TEACHER
WOULD TURN IT BACK
AS INCOMPLETE
SCHOLARS HAVE TRIED
TO GIVE IT MEANING
THAT IT WAS FRICTION
BETWEEN HERDERS AND
FARMERS
BUT IT’S CONJECTURE
IT’S NOT IN THE BOOK
BIBLICAL FAIRY TALES
HAVE BEEN CREATED
LIKE SATAN SPAWNED
CAIN THROUGH EVE
THAT CAIN AND ABEL
WERE BORN AS TWINS
THAT EACH MARRIED THE
OTHER’S TWIN
BUT IT’S CONJECTURE
IT’S NOT IN THE BOOK
WHICH ISN’T TO SAY
THAT CONJECTURE
AND FAIRY TALES
HAVEN’T BECOME GOSPEL
AND PREACHED AS SUCH
BUT WE ARE LEFT WITH
A GOD
WHO APPEARS
CAPRICIOUS
FICKLE
PERSNICKETY
BUT IN THE MIDST OF
THIS CONFUSION
THERE IS A JEWEL
WHEN GOD ASKS CAIN
WHERE’S ABEL
HE COMPLAINS
AM I MY BROTHER’S
KEEPER
THE ANSWER
THOUGH NEVER SPOKEN
THUNDERS EVEN TODAY
YES
ALL OUR RELIGIOUS
THINKING
STEM FROM THAT
THOUGHT
THE QUESTION LINGERS
WHEN WE SEE THE
INEQUALITY OF WEALTH
WHEN UNJUST WARS ARE
FOUGHT
WHEN FAMINE EATS THE
HUNGRY
WHILE OVERWEIGHT
PEOPLE GO TO THE GYM
THE QUESTION THUNDERS
AM I MY BROTHERS
KEEPER
THE ANSWER THUNDERS
EVEN IF WE WON’T
LISTEN
YES
FRANK A VOLLMER
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