I am Eve.
Daughter of a serpent.
Wrapped himself up into a small ball twice
and said, 'eat me.'
Turned into an apple
and said, 'eat me.'
So I ate him.
Gave him to my husband
and he ate him.
My husband had indigestion.
Not I.
Strong-stomached,
I ate him and I liked it
and I've been eating it ever since...
My husband was a devil of a man.
Beat me for the indigestion.
Beat me for the apple.
Made up a lot of silly rules and beat me
and he's been beating me ever since.
I let him fuck me.
Let him fuck me 'cause I thought I'd have a girl
but we had two sons.
Damnedest boys ever.
Cain killed Abel
but Abel got one in
before he died.
Hell of a scar on his forehead Cain had.
Came and asked me to bathe his wounds.
Damned fool.
I gave him whatfor.
So he left us and got married.
Don't know where he found the girl
but he found her.
She was nice enough.
Don't know what she saw in him though.
Made him grow his hair long.
Said she didn't like his forehead,
'Ugly scar,' she said.
Didn't much like it myself.
Didn't much like Cain.
Didn't much like Abel either.
Damned serpent.
12 September 1977
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