Fallen impulse to throw your
Infant into the Bengal
Den during the weekend trip to
Cameron, the zoo you drove
Four hours to get to,
Tempted to swerve your car into
Oncoming traffic, isn’t
Your lack of sanity, it’s
Your fallen nature, no one
Escapes it either, however
Pronounced or unpronounced, the
Urge to betray your husband,
What people do, with no moral
Compass, to one another,
No pole of serpents to gaze on,
No Cross of Christ to look upon.
Gary Edward Geraci