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Garden of Eden

In a pristine garden centuries old Adam and Eve were solemnly told not to eat the forbidden fruit but a serpent told them a fatal untruth so they ate the fruit that was forbidden became ashamed, and thought they were hidden when God inquired as to what they had done Adam blamed it on the woman God's command they had disobeyed and indeed they would have to pay they were banished from the garden thus thence were sure to return to dust..... .-. 4/2/12

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Date: 12/2/2012 8:34:00 AM
Love your poem from a book of endless wisdom and truth. Now in the dust the serpent lies / Waiting for victims to baptize / into its realm and demonize / the souls it may evangelize.
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Date: 11/29/2012 5:21:00 PM
Joseph, I like how you retold this very well known story from the Bible. Excellent!
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Joseph May
Date: 11/29/2012 6:38:00 PM
thank you Andrea....
Date: 4/5/2012 12:04:00 AM
Nice poetic version of the first few chapters of the Book of Genesis.
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Date: 4/3/2012 9:11:00 AM
very deep.... pd
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Joseph May
Date: 4/3/2012 12:33:00 PM
thank you pd
Date: 4/2/2012 4:45:00 PM
This is a nice-poem, I enjoyed reading it.
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Joseph May
Date: 4/2/2012 9:08:00 PM
thank you Shirley

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