eve

adam and eve
climbing trees
i hear their joyous shouts through the leaves.

a crunch and snap,
and eve falls,
her rib breaks.

i ask young adam,
“did you shove her?”
and he wistfully says “no”
before disappearing again into the branches.

a serpent emerges from the fronds,
and whissspers

“asmodeus liesss…
asmodeus liesss…”