Strife and Skin Chafing

Gary Edward Geraci

Title is Mister;

Boards nailed and paint mixing,

Work, the people’s mission;

Without, something’s missing.

 

Started in glory;

High, replete with glamor,

Now a bore and gloomy;

What it was, a glimmer.

 

For man’s fate chosen

By an apple, choking

All down, a new chapter

Of strife and skin chafing.

 

But from no relief,

Man’s good work was renewed;

Through skilled trade and repair,

A Carpenter redeemed.

 

Gary Edward Geraci

  • Author: Gary Edward Geraci (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 2nd, 2021 14:37
  • Comment from author about the poem: “The breccbairdne is an Irish quatrain form.” Writersdigest.com
  • Category: Friendship
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  • orchidee

    Good write Gary.
    99% may say it was an apple. We're not told though. There was a talking serpent/snake though! Or did it hiss, to entice Adam and Eve? Sort of saying 'Psst'?!
    I may be becoming apocyrphal now!

    • Gary Edward Geraci

      Thanks Orchidee “forbidden fruit” would have been a mouthful of syllables and so I chose the easier to swallow “apple.” Have a blessed Sunday my friend!



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