But Every Man Is Tempted, When He Is Drawn Away of His Own Lust, and Enticed; or, You Are What You Eat

The serpent offered Eve a medlar--
that lone forbidden carcass-fruit--
for she thought
(like God)
that she might see a thing
and call it good.

For if Satan prowls,
then mankind slinks--
like a jackal through the wilderness
seeking leftover lion's carrion flesh
he may devour.