Genesis                                                            


            “In the beginning”
            Wasn’t really the beginning of the Bible
 
            Though the king
            Who authorised the English
            Surely knew a thing or two
            To take such liberty
 
            Because a literal translation
            Starts “in summit”
            And unhappily suggests
            It’s all been
            Downhill ever since


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            Emanuel E. García, The Virtues of Calamity, One Hundred Poems2013

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