A hypocrite of sorts,
you play both sides.
Your outter beauty
will lure anyone in.
and you know it
in the vain way you
hang around.
The delicious scent
you drown yourself in
and your promise
of fulfillment
is too much temptation
for any hungry soul.
You say you will
keep the doctor away
but you've spent
your time
poisoning princesses
and tempting Eve
into sin against
her own father.
you remind me
of someone I know.
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She reminds me of someone I know, too!! Terrific piece. Brilliant title!!
ReplyDeleteVery clever magpie, I like :o)
ReplyDeleteUm...a bad apple?
ReplyDelete(I couldn't resist!)
I suspect we've all known a few of these! Nicely written.
ReplyDeletewe all have a few bad apples in our memory bank!
ReplyDeleteNice Magpie!
Oooh, I really like this, very clever. :-)
ReplyDeleteExcellent magpie!
ha. excellent last line...
ReplyDeletenice mag!
Poor old apple got so much bad press in the OT! (King James version). But my dad who's best mate would not give him even the core, studied old Biblical texts to destruction, said Eve actually gave Adam a pear because apples did not grow in that part of the world! Now there's dedication for you... but your poem was a masterfuly crafted denouncement of the poor old pomme, poisoner of princesses and pulp for parsons, preachers and popes.
ReplyDeletelove that last line!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!
ReplyDeletesmart tale,
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you in....
:)
A clever little poem, I love it!
ReplyDeleteGuess even an apple can suffer from wormholes- nobody's perfect...
ReplyDeletelove love love this...relative and telling all at once. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful work, another side of apple :)
ReplyDeleteHappy rally, Caty :)
I love this poem!!!! What a great way to depict an apple!!! thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday, Thanks for sharing your poetry with us.
ReplyDeleteTake good care.
That's beautifully sad. I love it.
ReplyDeleteMy Poets Rally Poem: http://robinelizabeth58.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/falling-august-5-2010/
Powerful use of popular image and taking it to where it needed to punctuate hard in the end. Great job!
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This is an awesome idea and poem. I love it! :)
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