A sinful temptation

                        It looked so innocent.

Black curiosity runs through the veins

            Sharing my beauty

                        Inlayed with love, and gems, and silver light

A defiance as simple

                        Just one little peek -

                                    Who would notice? Who would notice?

As to reach out

            And pluck a fruit from the Forbidden Tree

                        To bite into Sin and Death and Pleasure and sing a song of innocence lost

And lift a single clasp ...

                        Devils, serpents slithering, withering,             A call to wisdom, can’t you hear it –

A woman,

            Scream? A fly, a fly

They called her.

                        A gift from the gods, something to treasure, alone she is the -

Beautiful, elegant, possessed

            With Hope and sorrow, mischief, plagues

Adored by gods and gods and men

                                    She started out so pure, so pure, a crystal lady, green and young

Loved by all

                        Beware the serpent! The vile, envenomed carrier

Until bitten by curiosity

                        Of curiosity, by curiosity, can’t you hear it – hear it? Heed it?

Devils fly loose, the plague! the plague! Hear it, calling, warning warning! Can’t you hear it, heed its -

Opening Pandora’s box.

            release the evil        

                                     - Scream?