Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Eve and Adam Redux


 


The Serpent is benign.
Its rising, sinking surfaces
may wind and slink and twine --
but it pursues its purposes
purblind to yours and mine.

The Eden thing's a fake.
Don't kneel to it: rue it.
Give the snake a break.
We're the ones who do it.









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