Cage Fight
God had brainstormed some rules for living before
Work began on his biggest project. Operation Creation!
No groin attacks, no strikes to the back of the head,
No eye-gouging, no fish-hooking, no biting, no hair-pulling,
No grabbing by the throat, no stomping on the spine,
No fingers in body holes, no head butts, no bone-breaking.
For those who believe Eden, the apple and snake tale,
This is a definition of paradise, the only example
Of a once-in-a-lifetime chance to create trust
And certainty. But from blueprint to reality, the plan would fail.
The forbidden tree of knowledge could not be resisted,
Fruit was plucked and eaten in the first defiant act,
Nothing and no one would ever be the same again.
From that beautiful cartoon garden to chaos.
The global cage fight began. Pugnacious versus pacifist,
Aggression versus integrity versus sincerity, and that versus this
And this versus that. Combat. Cruelty. Carnage.
The world grinding on, lubricated by plentiful bloodshed.
And all, if you believe the yarn, on the bite of an apple.
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