cherubs and chair rubs

i wonder what

it was like for eve

to have adam

first bite into her garden

so deep that she

was left breathless

and felt

that he hit her rib

*

sex excess

for

even in eden

there is d

*

this is genesis 2

requiring recreation

between born bodies

and oceans that crawl

out with legs

and the darkness inside

that will one day

see light

that is good

what should we

name it

*

i sometimes pray

that god is up there

pretending to be me

for he is made in my

image

and often

i feel like hell

*

when adam was formed

i imagine he asked god

if this was what it meant to be

and god said

asking is to be

and adam responded

after looking around

at a tiger alongside a lamb

with its tail around the throat

like a scarf

which he didn’t quite know yet

but would learn

through shearing and knitting

and cold bareness

that he wasn’t sure

if that was right