. . . or did they misunderstand
and neither heard the rattle
of a serpentine warning
when Eve thrust the apple
into Adam’s hand?
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| The Fall of Man (1592, detail) by Cornelis van Haarlem (1562–1638) |
(Newspaper report, 17 October 2019) The true way for testing a ripe Cox’s Orange Pippin apple is to shake it. The pips should rattle in the core.
See also:
Et vocavit Adam nomen uxoris suæ, Eva . . . de ligno autem scientiæ boni et mali ne comedas.
https://catherineeisnerfrance.blogspot.com/2019/09/et-vocavit-adam-nomen-uxoris-su-heva-de.html
and
That space the Evil One abstracted . . . and attention gained with forked tongue . . .
https://catherineeisnerfrance.blogspot.com/2018/05/that-space-evil-one-abstracted-and.html
