original sin

without Yetzer haRah no man would breed
or build a house his children could live in
it's all tied up with propagating seed
but not so much with a concept of "sin"
st. Paul d'rashed bereishit for his own ends
for who's so pure as to throw the first stone
the text's the same but meaning twists and bends
and Eden's barred to all save Christ alone
an allegory of Time's one-way flow
of childhood's end and each new household's start
reemphasized to focus on the woes
and make what's left the stuff of broken hearts
simchat torah embarks so many themes
on which readers project nightmares and dreams