The First Children,
playing together in the Marvelous Garden,
stop to rest
beneath the laden branches
of the Tree of Secrets.

What is this ripe, round, richly scented fruit?

Eve,
not yet knowing right from wrong,
takes a sloppy bite.
Adam,
not yet knowing wrong from right,
licks the juice from her chin,
takes his own big bite.

If they must eat of the tree
to know they shouldn't,
where's the sin?

(with a nod to Vicki Garvey)

 Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.