A CONFESSION OF NATURE'S SIN

By Alaina Hammond

For years, I lay in dormant wait

Then gradually emerged to harm

Your kidneys and your gut.

In metaphor, your heart was great

As was your beauty, wit and charm

In metaphor, yes. But.

But literally, your heart was poor

The rest of you was just as weak

I fed upon your skin.

And now that body is no more

That once was hot, and warm, and chic

For I am nature’s sin.

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