The Sunday Whirl presents twelve words for us to use in a creative writing piece.
This weeks words are:
enchantment, latch, apples, chatter, crave, catalyst, catastrophe, wings, gift, sing , miss, limit
Hindsight in Paradise
Long ago, when the Big Bang was still
a recent and painful memory,
Birds filled the trees, to flutter, to chatter,
To sing, to flap their wings,
To do their regular birdy stuff.
Other animals roamed the plains
Sure, they killed each other now and then
But generally, it was a time of enchantment,
A time of sufficiency, a time without craving.
A time when every creature knew their limits.
Nothing could prepare this idyllic space
For the catastrophe about to be set free.
Man! What a disaster that was.
Gifted paradise by some heavenly father
It was the catalyst for all the dismay to follow.
In retrospect, (Oh, hindsight, I love you so!)
Maybe it would have been different
With a heavenly Mother: not the dire consequences
Just unconditional cuddly maternal love.
These vengeful male gods just miss the plot.
I grant you that the weadling snake,
Made temptation to lift the latch
To the forbidden orchard hard to resist.
But consider life today if some bloody parrots
Had eaten the apples before Adam got to them?
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Me? Bitter that the bloody parrots ate all my apples?
Yeah.
Smiling. And our king parrots are VERY fond of apples. So long as they are green apples.
ReplyDeleteLost all of my Cox's orange Pippins and most of my Stewart's Seedlings.
DeleteNo doubt—parrots don't make moral decisions or change the course of history; they're just birds!
ReplyDeleteTrue, if a 'heavenly Mother' had been in charge instead of a 'heavenly Father,' things might have gone differently. Perhaps we'd still be living in an idyllic world with no chaos, greed, or suffering.
I enjoyed the slightly sarcastic tone and the humour, thank you! It made me think about how much we’ve lost in our search for more, and how maybe the dream of simplicity and balance is still worth holding onto.
Hey J.Cosmo, maybe it’s time to grab an apple from what’s left of the garden and rediscover what really matters...
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, have the parrots been sent by the Australian Medical Association?
DeleteExactly! But those parrots must have skipped the fine print. And judging by their love for forbidden fruit, they definitely missed the AMA’s memo about moderation😉
Delete😂
DeleteYou could always cut the chomped bits off and stew the rest.
ReplyDeleteDone that.
DeleteI adore the way you wove the Sunday Whirl words into a thought-provoking piece that's both humorous and insightful. The image of parrots eating the apples before Adam got to them is priceless!
ReplyDeleteIf only it had really happened. I wonder where we would be, eh?
DeleteI wonder if a female god or a hungry parrot would have saved us...we seem able to carve disaster out of nothing...!!! Lovely use of the words in this interesting poem!
ReplyDeleteI reckon a female god would have been much more forgiving.
DeleteI have to agree that the world and all living things in it might have been far better off had we never come into existence. But I like my existence and am glad to have experienced it, regardless.
ReplyDeleteOh no, I don't argue against existence, just the circumstances.
DeleteBwahahaha! Thank you for these. I needed to remember that not all is lost. It can't be. Not when yummy words spring wild laughter.
ReplyDeleteSo glad there are people out there who relish yummy words!
DeleteAs ever your humour belies the wonderful message and images and thoughtfulness underneath - you have a fine brain! jae
ReplyDeleteAnd my kidneys are spoken about in hushed tones in all the major nephrological circles.
DeleteDamn straight! Love your sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteI've heard speculation that the forbidden fruit was sex (when humans chose to reproduce, they became mortal) or meat (when humans chose to consume the flesh of others, they became mortal). But I'm sorry you lost your apples! Those parrots!
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