The (Bland) Temptation

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+------The (Bland) Temptation; Jesus' Words To Satan When Offered The World 

Maybe it was my Mom, her
tone like elegies of the striven,
her narrative of every oppressor
the Jews’ have had’s
schadenfreude. The smirk of
the snake dangling in Eden, fragrant
fruit glistening in winds seductive,
the scoffing sneer of Pharaoh
before Moses, headdress drooping
like an angel just fallen. Maybe
it was Plato’s allegory of the Cave
…recited by lips of learned Roman
boys in gorgeous tunic (and bulla),
and Hebrew boys in bare feet,
tattered rag-robes. No Satan, you
can’t really offer me this world…
just a Form of the new lasting One
to come. I don’t want it. Im here
to save its soul then watch it burn.

------Matthew 4:8-11
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.