Let's find who to blame: <br />Ulrica scorned by Cedric, <br />Pandora and her thrice-cursed box. <br /> <br />And what of cruel Helen, <br />fathered by Zeus, <br />wedded by Menelaus, <br />bought and sold without end <br />an angel on an auction block? <br /> <br />One weak leap for freedom, <br />and she brought down Troy's walls- <br />though was that not already decided <br />with a man's apple for the gods? <br /> <br />Do you see, then, I ask you, <br />the pattern emerging? <br />Why not blame mankind, society- <br />why not scapegoat God? <br /> <br />Or don't tell a woman: <br />be foolish but clever <br />use seduction and yet virtue <br />act frail but be strong <br /> <br />And remember when reading <br />that man's own hypocrisy <br />has covered his own sins <br />with his daughters' and wives'. <br /> <br />For we speak little of serpents, <br />but often of sinners; <br />little of Adam <br />but often of Eve.<br /><br />Aliya Deri<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/scapegoats/
