Pandora lifted the
lid from her box
And boy! ALL hell
broke loose.
You want to put the
"evils" back?
You can try, but
it's no use.
(It wasn't a box but
really a jar,
Many translators
maintain.
Box, jar…call it
whatever.
The story's key
points remain.)
Hephaestus had
followed Zeus' orders
And made Pandora
from the earth.
The first of the
race of women was she,
The story goes--for
what it's worth.
Sickness, strife,
toil, killing…
In short the ills of
humankind
Escaped and now
we're stuck with them.
For any evil that
comes to mind--
Countless ways to
destroy the earth,
Ways to kill, ways
to maim,
Terrorist bombs,
torture, and plunder--
Dear Pandora takes
the blame.
(She shares
similarities
With Eve of Biblical
fame, but whether
There were
connections, that would be
Another story
altogether.)
If someone said,
"See this box?
Don't open it,
whatever you do."
Or gave the command,
"Don't eat this fruit!"
Wouldn't you be
curious, too?
In letting out the
world's evils
Pandora was pushing
the envelope.
The one thing that
she left in the box
Was a little glimmer
of hope.
Maybe that hope
stays in the box--
Out of our touch.
That's a suggestion.
Or if it were
released, could it
Conquer evil? That's
a good question.
Couldn't Pandora see
that this
Was JUST a setup?
Well, she should have.
But if SHE hadn't
lifted the lid,
Somebody else
certainly would have.
(6-6-17) By Bob B
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