SAINT S

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    SAINT S

    These evils called eve

    sly as a adder

    crafty like the fox,

    these eves are evil.

    But was Eve evil

    like these eves who’re evil

    like the devil.

    Is the devil more

    evil than them

    for he stays aloft

    though with cunning

    he peddles his wares

    to the unwary lost

    and these he makes

    transgressors. But

    these Eves who’re evil

    stalk and prey

    like the one who is evil

    making placid the valiant

    making wanton the lusty

    making weak the strong

    are they really evil

    for they thus ensnare

    the dogs who to

    the whistle of the

    game-man listen not

    much much in a hurry

    they trail the Eves

    who are evil

    much much in a hurry

    they are to get a crescendo

    in diving and plunging

    in downward thrusts

    through the flapping floppy folds

    minding not the evils

    thereof from within

    the channels of the swim.

    Are these Eves evil then

    as the preys are not

    like unwilling to fling?

    To paint the scene

    is to pursue

    in vain the goose

    of the wild;

    it is as it is

    these Eves are evil.

    If evils are Eves

    or Eves are evil

    it is as it is

    these Eves are not saints.

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    rsalassi commented on SAINT S

    07-21-2010

    I think what I most like about this is a certain innocence on the part of the speaker. The differences between saints and sinners dim more and more in this crazy society. We are becoming one.

    CongoNetherland commented on SAINT S

    07-01-2009

    There are some syntax problems but the chorus is powerful, as is the imagery, rhyme and word choice - as usual. You have got the gift. Like everything else you have thrown out, this is very strong. I haven't seen poetry that is so easy to endorse. You are great.

    BabyGirlForever commented on SAINT S

    07-01-2009

    I like this poem alot. its a bit long but it works. i like short poems. short poems to me can say alot with only a few words. like that poems by william carlos williams the red wheelbarrow that poems only has 16 words but it says so much. but your poem is long but it says so much. i like how you manipulated the word evil to work for this poem. this poem has so much depth. i normally dont like overly long poems. but yours is really good keep up the good work i look forward to see more of your stuff.

    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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