There are no guest rooms
because the land is too full
for a paradise life
The villages arm themselves
against newcomers
there is no need for them
They have to move on, to the hard soil
of the mountains, on the edge
of the North Paradise
or in a bend back
to the south, nowhere
welcome, nowhere is there enough
milk and honey, enough space
even if fields fall vacant
because of drought, smallpox, or plague
The neighbours fight for it
because the land is too full
for a paradise life
Terach, Abram, Sarai and Lot in 1970 BC
Terach = wild goat, vagrant
Collection "From Sacred Scriptures"
