broken plate literary magazine

the origin of woman

Eve awoke and

saw Adam.

She showed him what

a woman was for.

 

                                    He saw that breasts-

                                    drooping and pale-

                                    were good.

 

                        He saw that hips-

                        wide and uncontrollable-

                        were good.

 

                                                He saw that thighs-

                                                thick and rippling-

                                                were good.

 

But, Eve was seduced-

and tempted by

the forbidden-

and with soft hands

fed eager lips

and was ashamed

 

                        Then Adam saw breasts

                        Then Adam saw hips

                        Then Adam saw thighs

 

 

 

And he told her

What a woman was for.

 

-heather baker

 

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