Original Sin

When Satan tempted Eve into that bite
was Love his inspiration, or was Lust?
No stranger to sheer obstinance and spite,
did he rebel, or, doing as he must,
perform as God commanded? Would the world
make sense if Adam, roaming Eden's fields,
Eve at his side, had slain the snake that curled
up in the grass? How could he? Knowledge yields
that power, nothing else, and knowledge came
(do pardon the expression) with regret.
Original, it was? Despite its fame,
it wasn't new then, and it isn't yet.
The moral of the story old as sin.
The truth hides in its lines, and in between.