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Those who curse the negligence of Eve

Have never felt starvation’s 

Convincing disease

Of the desperation that makes us hopelessly reach

For those forbidden fruits

We have sworn not to eat

On the day of creation we were theoretically whole

wandering God’s grocery store with our baskets full

And you of ruby ripe flesh

Dangled from the top branch pulsating and swole 

Daunting me to exchange my spotless soul

But then I was able to walk away

Satisfied with the love that would nourish and stay

Though it did not stop my mind from obsessing over that temptatious day

In my mind I prayed to keep my fantasies at bay

I began to imagine your flesh between my teeth

Enchanted by the lust 

Of empty calories

How your core would be euphorically sweet

As if it was your elusivity I could consume and eat

Soon God’s image no longer reflected mine

I could feel the mirror distort and twist with the entanglement of time

And I could no longer convince myself of this holy lie

Hope had escaped me

And I found myself reaching high

Your soft body rested in my palm 

before I plucked you into my possession 

And with the fatal snap of your stem

I was consumed by obsession 

In my fallen state of grace

My gluttonous impulse pulls you toward my face

And as my canines dissected your crisp base

I felt the guilty release of God’s suffocating embrace