New Poetry by Michael Keshigian

APPLESAUCE

On the seventh day

there really was no rest.

It was the serpent

who approached God

with an apple,

crushed it with his powerful abs.

“Applesauce,” he muttered,

but God told him to keep it to himself.

The snake curled into a question mark,

slithered over to Eve

who rubbed it all over her body,

called over Adam

who licked off every tasty drop

but left Eve panting.

“Don’t go,” she cried, but Adam

had a shelter to build.

The serpent snickered

until Eve grabbed him

and showed him a wild time.

God told Adam,

who despondent at the news,

tried to hang himself

with a vine in the garden.

The serpent attempted to explain,

but the sauce

and Eve’s choke hold

gagged his syllables.

Eve, finally satisfied,

started stomping on the snake.

Now every time the snake shows up,

she winks at him

until Adam smashes it with a club.

God is pleased,

though everything still goes to hell.

- Michael Keshigian 2012

Michael Keshigian has been widely published in numerous national and international journals and appeared as feature writer in over a dozen publications. Recently, his collection of poems entitled Lunar Images, was set to music for Clarinet, Piano, and Narrator by Boston composer Dennis Leclaire and premiered at Del Mar College in Texas on November 5, 2010. A Boston premier took place on March 7, 2011 at the Berklee College of Music and a September 2011 performance occurred in Moleto, Italy. (michaelkeshigian.com).