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Eve.


EVE
                                             (Gen 3:23)
   They walk to the very edge of paradise,
   having already betrayed their loving Lord,
   ashamed, yet willing to pay whatever the price.
   They pass the Cherubim, the flaming sword,
   then see the lovely world beneath their feet.
   It's beautiful. But Eve knows in her heart
   the sun's burning too bright in a world replete
   with thorns and sweat, thistles, and dust-thou-art.
   This is the battlefield, the fallen place
   where Satan and his legions lie within,
   in wait, with death, with every other disgrace,
   within a world now inundate with sin.
   Standing with Adam, in the burning sun,
   she whispers, softly, "What have we done?"
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Author:Baer, William
Publication:National Review
Article Type:Poem
Date:Nov 19, 2007
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