The Beginning and the End
THE BEGINNING AND THE END
a time of rest
could be disputed
even with cash in everyone’s pocket
even with rosy cheeks on the young and old
even with the red carpet rolled out for one and all
millennium’s end shall proof our pudding
for in the beginning, it was only one tree, in mankind’s fantasy
a snake slithered, hushing out the pleasures
of all the eyes could see
it was like the endless ocean, the great deep
it was like the universe with plush planets
it was like a great feast with tastes beyond our ken
it was the deepest plum of drunken colors - flora and fauna.
it was the speakeasy with real party animals — purest
and lovely, soft and eye-appealing, a touch of heaven.
time of peace with all races
could be disputed
would we still separate like whites from yolks?*
would we still find jealousy and covetousness?
would our brother, Abel, still cause us to cringe?
in the end would we murder him?
1/30/2018
*egg metaphor meant as all folks, not specific to white.
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