"Original Sin"

The inconvenient children learned 
to believe In Original Sin. They trip
over their guilts and apologize 
to the angry bullies who find 
them usefully fearful. The angry
bullies relax into their cruelties
believing they were born
that way, and it’s not
a problem and it was easy to avoid
the absent adults who found them annoying. 
Together the guilty and bullies dance
as the inconvenient ones recognize
their mistakes and vow to do
better, to do what they’re 
told, to follow despite being
stepped on. It must be
their fault, the bullies assert.