Slingers and Slingstones

[ . . . ] the Israelites again did what was offensive to the Lord. And because they did what was offensive to the Lord, the Lord let King Eglon of Moab prevail over Israel. [Eglon] brought the…

With evening a whistle. Again the sweating store room opens its throat wide, and we march out in formation worn down by the heat wave and a day so long: hard working soldier-women. And why should…

As I thought, I couldn’t manage it the next day, or the day after that. I continued to struggle to write even after three days. And now, too (four days later), I didn’t think I’d…