What strange poison
did woman reach
for in the garden?
mother of all living bit into death for all
Was it a stinging tree
that touched her with
heart-shaped leaves?
intoxicating nature of toxic relations
Was she anesthetized
by curare-tipped dart
from satan’s blowpipe?
it can kill as easily as it can cure
Would eve even
succumb to snakeroot,
from salesman selling herbs?
fruit to make wise and pleasing to eyes
Would she suspect
the seeds of lovely apple
convey hydrogen cyanide?
seed of deception is sin, fruit of sin is death
a poem in my pocket 
Jan 28, 2018 @ 03:51:14
cyanide in apple seeds? oops … thinks about how many apple seeds I’ve swallowed as a kid. I guess I just got lucky I never reached the tipping point
Jan 28, 2018 @ 09:25:49
Who would have known, right?
Jan 25, 2018 @ 05:46:16
mother of all living bit into death for all – how she was enticed and fooled.
Jan 25, 2018 @ 02:43:19
The tend to think the poison is always inside humans… the poison of the plants is just our tools to harm with sin or negligence
Jan 24, 2018 @ 22:16:35
Oh brilliant–the ultimate poison. Loved this, Lynn.
Jan 24, 2018 @ 23:25:59
Thank you, Victoria!
Jan 24, 2018 @ 20:22:22
Amazing and a creative take on the prompt!
Jan 24, 2018 @ 23:25:12
Thanks!
Jan 24, 2018 @ 18:45:06
Whatever it was we’re all paying for it…
Jan 24, 2018 @ 18:18:06
Oh good grief! The apple? Now that’s the last straw! lol All things in moderation seems to be a life-saving measure. Informative write!