Theology
"No, the serpent did not
Seduce Eve to the apple.
All that's simply
Corruption of the facts.
Adam ate the apple.
Eve ate Adam.
The serpent ate Eve.
This is the dark intestine.
The serpent, meanwhile
Sleeps his meal off in Paradise-
Smiling to hear
God's querulous calling."
Ted Hughes
Seduce Eve to the apple.
All that's simply
Corruption of the facts.
Adam ate the apple.
Eve ate Adam.
The serpent ate Eve.
This is the dark intestine.
The serpent, meanwhile
Sleeps his meal off in Paradise-
Smiling to hear
God's querulous calling."
Ted Hughes
posted by Brindle | 8:37 PM
4 Comments:
Mysterious stuff! I need to think about that one... I love the fact that God's voice is "querulous"! What do you make of it?
I needed an escape from the reams and reams of mangled syntax I've had thrust in my face. Something short, vivid, human. That's all.
Syntax ate the serpent. Bureaucracy ate the syntax.
Ah.
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