Visions of Hosea

[I know, write about something else, right?]

Married to a prostitute Hosea sought the beds
Of others, authored his dowry
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His wife [...], himself a prophet, he chaste,
Eyes closed, knew each night, before, during

He spoke to her You are my wife I am your
Husband, wrote homilies on fidelity, tried
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Your means, he said and trained the cords
To loosen in muscles when [...] her work
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Stay, he said, Don't go, she left, he
Ate alone in the mornings
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Nothing said, something understood between
them, always [...] welcomed back
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Let me not, he prayed, See, hot coals, his eyes, no matter