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Article: Sarah Confronts Abraham Over Hagar.(Poem)
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- Prairie Schooner
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- June 22, 2002
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Sarah Confronts Abraham
Over Hagar
Will you taste wine with me,
spit the dregs into Hagar's mouth,
dirty your fingers with her and then
stick them in my drinking bowl?
Will you take her in your bed
when my nighttime falls?
Will you breathe my perfume
then swallow her stink?
Remember we stood up
before angels together.
Man, you need to choose who will
scatter your thousand seeds.
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