Mother Eve 1

Why am I the one who got blamed?
Why plant a tree
with the most enticing fruit in the garden,
then say: Don't eat.

It was nothing but provocation.

Now, of course, we have knowledge of bodies:
of sperm and egg
and impregnation and birthing.
We know that sex
is occasion for both good and evil.

And we know of death.

We know the hunger of the penis
defines success
as the squirting of seed willy-nilly.
It's a macho thing, this eternal drive to get laid.

It create no ties.

Male behavior makes morality plain:
it’s women are stuck with the pain.