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 Question Answered

"Am I my brother's keeper?" said

Cain to God when God asked Cain why

Cain's brother, Abel, now was dead.

By Cain's own hand Abel did die.

It seemed that God then understood

Brother keeping brother was not

Always going to end up good.

The truth of that God's seen a lot.

Selfishness and envy and greed

Too often drive brothers apart.

Too often too little indeed,

Brotherly love be kept in heart.

"Am I my brother's keeper?" be

Answered "No" throughout history.