"And he drank of the wind
    and lay uncovered
    in his tent."

It won't look good
    in his FBI file...
    whatever it means.

It's the kind of story
    kids will read
    if Bibles get back
    in schools.

Noah quit herding
    and started harvesting...
    and began drinking.

Wine uncovered
    another version of Noah...
    covered by his sons.

But Noah's done his job...
    the sons go to work now.

After all
    from them (it says here)
    came all the peoples
    of the earth.

"These are the generations
    of the sons of Noah,
    Shem, Ham and Japeth."

I heard an old missionary
    use this text
    to explain multiple races.

Why dark-skinned people
    are "slow and lazy..."
    she said.

Why white-skinned people
    are "blessed and flourish"
    she said.

I shut my mind to her...
    as she was trapped in days
    before biblical scholarship.

Her legends persist...
    blaming racist practices
    on God's intentions.

I honor the man
    who honors all men
    no matter what
    anyone's Bible says.