Eve and Adam II
Eve and Adam II
They do not want to say that this is why it’s forbidden
to go to the centre and taste the fruit, though they know
it must be the reason. That fruit is good, and eating it
will make them equals of god. So they roam up and down
the garden like children, not daring to look at their genitals.
Adam’s tuber dangling between his thighs and swinging
like a hose as he walks, or runs to tackle Eve without looking
at her burning bush, as she dashes between lines of trees
with her breasts bouncing. Then they go to the escarpment
to roll down a slope before going up to do it again and again,
like children at a park, and at last down to the river to wash
grime off each other’s body. They always wondered why
the fruit had been forbidden, if there was another reason
apart from the fact that it was ripe and delicious. They
were born of light, god’s first words, and they could rule
over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, livestock,
and over all the wild animals, as well as over creatures
that move along the ground. So when a snake told them
of the fruit, and of how it should be devoured, slithering
back and forth to show Eve how she should carry herself
then Adam how he should climb onto her, they protested,
saying they couldn’t do that. But the snake, unperturbed,
used the analogy of an apple, of eating it, talked to them
about pectin and about how an apple a day would keep
the doctor away. So Adam stroked Eve, turned to reach her
from the back, as their dog looked on; and they proceeded
to condemn the human race. The dog barked and licked
himself, which is when they glared at each other’s genitals,
realised they were naked, came up with the name doggy
style, and left the garden to go and multiply, and make
people like you and me, so as to fill the world with love.
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