When Adam lived in Eden Park, He gets quite dopey 'long to'rds dark, An' crawls into his crib. But do' he sleeps dere wid de game, His heart is lonely jus' de same; An' so de Lord Jehovah came An' swiped off him a rib. But Ad. snored on -- he never woke, Till in his back he feels a poke, An' -- hully gee! it's Eve! "W'y -- w'at t' ell's dis?" de young bloke cried. "W'y don't yer know?" de gell replied; "I'm li'l Eve, yer promis' bride." Says Ad., "I got yer, Steve!" (Dis Adam was a chump as yet, He w'u'ddn't kiss her -- on a bet; He tinks all dat is con.) Ag'in Jehovah comes one day, An' pintin' to a tree did say: "Dat tree fer you ain't healthy -- hey?" Says Adam, "Lord, I'm on!" But dis makes Eva awful sore; Her cravin' fer -- an apple-core -- It nearly makes her faint. Den Satan comes, dressed like a snake, An' side remarks ter her he'd make. "You're 'fraid a single bite ter take"; Says she, "You bet I ain't!" She calls to Ad.: "Look here," says she, "I've picked an apple off'n dat tree, An' here's a bite fer you!" No sooner did dey taste dat fruit, De same idea tru both did shoot: "I need," says she, "a new spring suit." Says he, "I'll say yer do!" An' den de tunder 'n lightin' came, An' Archangels wid swords of flame De gates togedder slammed. Out in de cold, wid aprun skoits, Poor Ad. and Eve got dere desoits. But wust of all -- th' ting wot hoits -- De Lord said, "You be damned!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: FLETCHER MCGEE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CONTRA MORTEM: THE CHILD'S BEING by HAYDEN CARRUTH A SUMMER'S GARDEN by ROBERT FROST NEW YEAR'S EVE by DAVID IGNATOW FINALITY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |