So it's a jar and not a box

that's left to stand around unlocked!

Opportunity knocks

and they accuse her of what?

Allowing every ill to spill

out of the cracks; and that's the rap?

I know it's only mythology,

still they ought to check the facts:

the case is somewhat altered,

the lady might have faltered

a little or a lot but a jar is not a box!

That throws a different bent

on any criminal intent,

and her case ain't hopeless.

Shift your focus from unwrapping

to the gifts, don't be like those kids

I witness at Christmas.

Remember who sent the goods to us,

don't blame her for being curious;

don't blame the foot that steps on the landmine,

the teeth that bite on the poison,

the hands that open the letter-bomb,

the ears that follow the siren.

Unwrappers don't kill people; Gods do.