The Lesser Evil By Genny Lim

Two evils walk hand-in-hand like mirror twins

They are the Never-ending snake that embraces the reptilian brain in the grip of its

greasy coil

The lesser of evils lies

like a decoy, curled up with a subtle grin and seemingly helpless to attract

unsuspecting fish But turn your back and

it will swallow you whole with all its spit and venom

Hernan Cortes conquered

the Tenochtitlan with the

aid of rival Indians who

thought the white-skinned warriors with their arquebuses and iron cannons were

bearded gods sent from one of the thirteen heavens to spare their hearts from the

obsidian knives at the altar of the Templo Mayor

They lost not only their hearts but their kingdoms

to these lesser gods

The fate of Tenochtitlan is the lesson of the lesser evil No good comes of evil

no matter the degree

The lesser the evil

the greater the deception