By Kwesi BISSUE
This morning Adam is cultivating the terrain
And taking care of Eden’s earth
Looking for Eve, his help mate
Eve had left the domain
Eve was out of sight
Gone for sightseeing
A fruit was hanging
Had been hanging
She was not seeing
She kept on walking
She was not seeing…that eye-catching fruit
Serpent was crawling, stalking
Thinking of something tempting
He kept creeping, thinking
He thought of tempting, deceiving
Waiting for an opening
Watching footsteps approaching
Eve was fast approaching
Looking but not seeing
Not talking, not complaining
She was sensing someone watching
Sensing but not seeing
Eve was suspecting
Serpent traced her footsteps
She was getting closer
Closer and closer
Step after step
Serpent stopped..so close to a tree
He lurked…so quiet under a tree
A forbidden tree
Eve passed slowly by a tree
A forbidden tree
She passed by a low hanging fruit
Hanging just above her head
Eve raised her eyes to see a fruit
And remembered what she had been told about a fruit
By Adam, her head
Eve walked right ahead
Serpent knew when to act
What to ask
He walked fast enough to catch up
He saw Eve’s eyes light up
Serpent knew what to do
What to do…to make Eve look up
“Is it true that…erhm?
Is it true that you’ve not eaten since?
How long do you want to keep starving?
Are you not seeing the fruit?
Is it true that you want to be like God?
To choose your own bad and good?
Eve was not thinking twice
She lifted her eyes
Just like that
She saw the fruit hanging
Just above her eyes
Ripe and nice
Pleasing to her eyes
Eve was not thinking twice
She said the fruit would taste sweet and nice
Eve stretched her hand at once
Hers, a forbidden fruity chance
Eve was eating
Serpent was smiling
Eve was chewing, swallowing, savouring
Serpent was teasing
Eve’s eyes were opening
Serpent was applauding
Eve had good news to share
She hurried to see Adam to share
She hugged Adam with loving care
Eve sighed, feminine-ly, seductively
“Oh Adam my dear
I come with good news to share”
Adam embraced Eve with good cheer
Adam did ask questions
Eve did not hear his questions
Adam repeated his questions
Eve did not answer his questions
Eve had eaten
So Adam ate
They ate their way into death
And it was early days yet
