1 Abraham is with us again. Yeah Abraham, with your God and your son and your rough bone knife. Yeah Abraham, Geographic cover boy, father of three faiths, with your Belfast and your Beirut and your Promised Land. 2 Yeah Abram to Abraham, patriarch with an extra ha dropped in your name. Yeah God’s laughter. Yeah Sarah’s laughter. Yeah Sarai to Sarah, faux sister to wife. Yeah primal fucking. 3 Yeah Abraham, with your needling questions of the Lord. Yeah Abraham, with questions and questions for Lot, but none for Isaac. Yeah knife man. Yeah Abraham, hearing God’s voice and turning a murderous eye to a child. Yeah paranoid schizophrenia. 4 Yeah Abraham, begetting and setting off begetting. Yeah generations of Abraham. Yeah Ibrahim to Ishmael, Abraham to Isaac. Yeah covenant and submission. 5 Yeah contradictions, one true faith and one true faith. Yeah Abraham, ubiquitous Abraham, everywhere always. In the tank with Ariel Sharon, in the studio with Jerry Falwell, in the cockpit with Mohammed Atta. Yeah Abraham and the small dark fear. Yeah Sodom. Yeah Babel. Yeah down low. 6 Yeah Abraham and your literal origins. The father is high. Yeah the father is high. Yeah Abraham, just like a father, just like a father with a knife. Yeah patriarch, making us everything we are. Yeah Abraham. Yeah heavenly father. Yeah testing, loving God. 7 Yeah.
