Temptation

A word which first takes the mind straight to sin And as soon to evil one could not win: Always remember ‘spiritual exam’ For what you and I weigh in Divine Gram… You can guess the examiner: Satan, Sometimes, choosing an uncaring Nathan: The too-good-at-cracking-the-harshest joke And you could not but his face in blood soak… In the world of lust a kiss made a must And she’s another’s wife, not counted cost; In the game of cards staking a Million One had borrowed from a bank’s strict bullion… In the field of writing, plagiarism, No thought about its sure cataclysm I could argue: behind many murders By killers sure they’d still see their mothers: More broadly, taking the risky for safe, Then, realizing that it does hard skin chafe… That which we could escape its penalty But this takes not to a finality…