biblical knowledge

A young man,
shoulders slouched,
form appreciative,
relaxed, casual,
holds a tooth--marked
heart with taut red little ridges
bleeding only apple blood


jaws working
only apple flesh-- shrugs, like: "what?
she offered--"



forgets the cruelty of the bite
biblical knowledge explains
the openness of Eve,
her figurative leaves
surgically immodest
heartless
emptying


tasting
the sweet clear juices
the crisp fruit
cold crunch

white fruit flesh
scraped, mouth-shaped concave
bleeding only
apple blood

he
shrugs excuses
explains
forgets

(like: "what? she offered").