Pandora's Box

Things fell apart
When you did what you did,
Said you would not,
Then you opened that lid,
Pandora sly maker
Of mayhem and noise,
Why did you let loose
Your dangerous toys?


Ravaging agents
Screamed out from that box,
Bellyache, boils,
Hot doses of pox.
Destruction, disorder
You put into play
That cruelly torment us
To this very day.


Swift on their heels flew
The sweet voice of hope,
But she, far too timid
Was unable to cope,
Not so with Jupiter
Who punished new man
With his prototype,
The sub-species
Homo Sapiens,
Mischievous woman.