February 20, 2008

On Understanding the Condemnation of Dead Babies

No more or less I understand
the silent tongues of little men
that never spun their father's wiles,
"It was the woman, spare the child
of innocence."
In federal seed the plant has grown,
and without youth has theived the oats
that wild and willed would have been sown
if good was done in Sidon.

5 comments:

Jessica said...

I could google it and pretend I knew, but what is Chorazin?

Did I mention I love this series of poems?

Riley said...

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes."

This is a proof text for the Omniscience of God. It also speaks of His reservedness/Freedom to choose when and where he'd apportion miraculous interventions into human history.

Riley said...

I thought I remembered the towns names in the verse. I actually meant to put Sidon. Thankfully it still rhymes. I'm glad you caught that.

Jessica said...

Ah.

Riley said...

also, dj'you go in scrabble. I'm trying desperately to avoid studying.