Adam
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Advice in Eden
God saysto first woman,first man,"Go makehot-spicy,sweet-stickylove.Lose your imagined selvesin delirious merging.This wondrous onenessis me." Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Back to the Garden
God sat between them on the log."And why," God asked,"did I want you ignorantof the differencebetween good and evil?" Frogs croaked in the pond. Eve thought hard:"But don't we need to know what is goodso we can do good?" Adam asked,"And… Continue reading
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Dinner in Eden
The fruitnewly, neatly peeled and sliced,fanned across the plate,waits for them. "Why not?" she asks."What possible difference could it make?" Silence. "That's the crux, isn't it?We don't know–We can't know until we know." She inhales:"It smells heavenly–both sharp and sweet–like… Continue reading
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Returning to Eden
Adam stands before God,arms crossed over his chest."We want back in," he says. "Oh, really?" asks God."On what grounds?" "We were framed,bamboozled, duped.Barely able to tie our own shoes,and you set up a sting.We're nought but children–your children.Don't you think… Continue reading
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Problems in the Garden of Eden
"This isn't working out,"God says to the first man and first woman."I had this great plan,but you're not cooperating." "What's the problem?"the woman asks."Aren't we following the rules?" "Well, that's exactly it."God sighs and draws his hand across his face."I… Continue reading
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Flawlessly One
Before tripping over individuality,God and the first humansfeasted on the blissful simplicityof being breathlessly, flawlessly one. Laughter echoed the forest,for they often confused who was whom;in the Eden of Innocenceit seldom seemed to matter. Text and image © 2011 by… Continue reading
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God Stopped By
God stopped bywhile Adam was naming the animals. A black dog stepped forward:"Julian," said Adam. A long-haired cat:"Carla." A brindled, full-uddered cow:"Samantha." God smiled and shook his head."No, Adam, that's not it.Give them generic names.Julian is a dog.Carla is a… Continue reading
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Playtime in the Garden of Eden
The sun has not yet broken the Eastern horizon,but Eve is up and eager to play.Standing at the entrance to the cave, she asks,"What today? Tag? Hide and Seek?Kick the Cantelope?Pin the Tale on the Pterodactyl?" Adam groans, "So early?"… Continue reading
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Eve
“This isn’t working,” Eve said to God. Continue reading
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The Tree of Undoing
Adam discovered another tree… Continue reading