The Apple
Poetry
There was
As much gore
And plunder
Enmity
And one and sundry
Other crimes
Against human dignity
In olden times
As there are now.
Why?
Dunno.
Oh yes,
Man is man
is man
I suppose
Ever since the world began.
Or was it since Eve gave
That darn apple
To Adam?
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