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Joseph's Dilemma

 
Joseph, you are right to face this day with fear.
Not everyone has dreams like yours --
a rolling quaver in the night that shakes you
to your roots
a shadowed voice from heaven’s heights that
then commands:
“Go now, go against your will
and take the prim adulteress as your own.
Make the coming child who is not yours
the bearer of your name!”.
What fame will cling to you for this?
What shame?
Small whisperings behind your back
that you’re a fool?
The hand of God is leading you?
Fat chance.
So tremble, go ahead and quake.
And remember as you make your way
to take her to your home
that all of this is to be done
for the wagered sake
of an intangible.
So are you brave enough
to wear the cuckold’s horns in an exchange
for such a paltry thing
that’s known as righteousness?
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