Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Mary Mayer Shapiro

GARDEN OF EDEN 


Paradise was planted 

With trees 

Providing fruit 

Wild animals  

And birds 

Formed from the  

Ground 

From dust a man 

Was born 

Given a breath of life 

Named Adam 

Man should not  

Live alone 

Adam rejected  

First two wives 

Put in a deep sleep 

Cloned the rib   

Transformed into a women 

First transgender person 

Eve 

Lived undraped in the 

Garden 

Happy and content 

Only rule to follow 

Forbidden to eat from  

The Tree of Knowledge of  

Good and Evil 

Or would die 

Along came a serpent 

Tried to persuade them to 

Eat from the  

Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil 

Adam and Eve 

Refused  

Conditioned to the life 

They lived 

Were taken care of 

No worries 

Stayed in the compound 

Cult 

Like children 

All their lives 

Was the serpent  

G-d's test 

To open their eyes 

Go out on their own 

Adam and Eve 

Failed the test 

Remained children 

All their lives 




INDIFFERENCE 


Look the other way 

Do not get involved 

Walk away 

Be a monkey 

Hear no evil 

See no evil 

Speak no evil 

Become numb to 

Violence 

Shooting at schools 

Parties 

Bomb at Parades 

People put on fire 

On Subways 

Until you are 

The target for 

No rhyme or reason 

Who will come to 

Your rescue? 

Look the other way 

Do not get involve 

Walk away 




I’M SORRY 


An apology 

Is all it takes 

You are aloud 

To be human 

Have feelings 

Emotions 

Loose your 

Temper 

Let others have 

Same actions 

Let them express 

Themselves 

Without reacting 

When all is done and over 

An apology 

Is all it takes 

To make it right 

Simple I'm sorry 


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