On his way to meet Esau,
fearing death for the first time,
Jacob found himself in a fight
with some sort of celestial being.
When he bested the holy beast,
he asked him for a blessing.
The angel named him
So
but did not get along with the others.
The sons of
in the name of honor.
Time passed and Rachel died in labor;
more time passed and Labor lost to Likud,
and the sons of
selling their brother to a butcher.
Benjamin C. Krause was born in Indianapolis
and currently resides in Youngstown, OH. His first chapbook, Classifieds,
will be coming out later this year from Erbacce
Press, and his poems have recently appeared in Boston Literary Magazine,
Foundling Review, and Leaf Garden Magazine. In addition to
writing, he edits and publishes the poetry blog The Weekly Poet. With Stephen Naylor,
he edits the poetry blog/journal Liebamour, and he
serves on the editing staff of the journal Muscle & Blood with three other
writers. He can be found on the web at http://benjaminckrause.com.