Adam and Eve created the world
in six days
five really because Adam took
most of Saturday
to recover from his Friday
celebration
during which he’d dreamed up
pharaohs
floods
pyramids
the stock market
a lot of other bad ideas
that he tried to write down
but most of what he scratched
on the wet clay tablet
looked like Eve in high heels
and nothing else
a notion she scoffed
at because heels
and other instruments of sado-
masochistic fashion
had not yet been invented
and anyhow it was way too cold
to indulge Adam’s male fantasies
Eve pulled her mammoth-wool
robe tighter
The young planet
still wobbled wildly on its axis
so days and nights
were unpredictably hot or cold
She decided
the last thing they should create
when Adam woke up
ought to be a god
or goddess
Then Adam could invent a religion
and play high priest
It would be a good hobby for him
keep him out of trouble
while she did something useful
maybe plant a garden
get started on that orchard
–pub’d in Third Wednesday, Summer 2020
