"No, the serpent did not
****** Eve to the apple.
All that's simply
Corruption of the facts.

Adam ate the apple.
Eve ate Adam.
The serpent ate Eve.
This is the dark intestine.

The serpent, meanwhile,
Sleeps his meal off in Paradise -
Smiling to hear
God's querulous calling."

.


                                                                                                  breath of sunlight
                                                       meeting dawn's ownmost
                                      steaming,
                  boulder soil
ascending






.

A faint glimpse of what cannot be grasped
puts me over the edge and into the abyss.
Desire is the drive, but comprehension is the end of
the battle that’s impossible to win;
for the double-edged sword draws blood no matter
how it is swung.
Blessed is the man with his eyes wide shut;
****** is the man who couldn’t help but look.

Ploughing the land--
not even a bird singing
in the mountain's shadow.