Paradise Tossed
Today I travelled back to the beginning
To superglue the apple to the tree,
To stop a blessed and blissful couple sinning
And bring about eternal harmony.
Today I took my tiptop time machine
To daisy-dappled realms of scenic green.
Today I trod the plushest paths of Eden
Enveloped in the freshest floral balm.
I frolicked in the lush, bucolic garden
Then lounged with lion and lamb in peace and calm.
I paced the flowered grounds of paradise
Till virtue slipped on apple skins of vice.
Today my gaze beheld a blaze of wonder –
Gifts from God that filled my core with awe.
Yet still I made a luncheon-munching blunder...
While sniffing out forbidden fruit I saw
A snake who’d baked a pie so sweet and light,
I ditched the glue and ran to take a bite.
Susan Jarvis Bryant
