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ADAM AND EVE
STEVE BROAD
MR. P'S MEMORANDA
EDEN, OR ADAM AND EVE'S
FIRST COITION
The first man and the first woman see one another for the
first time and look at one another in silence
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"Both were surprised at all the difference
In the shape of their body and the tints of their skin;
Both were silent, then each gave a cry:
Said Adam at lengths "How white you are!
And why has God given you such long hair?
Mine is short and black, but yours is fair.
How lovely are those long fair tresses!"
EVE—
You think they are,...?
ADAM—
Beautiful.... But these round things here,
Upon your chest. What use are they?
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EVE—
I do not know, but see, below your navel
What is it you carry under those dark hairs
Upon two cushions?
ADAM—
I use it—, after drinking.
EVE—
And is that so? but surely it must be
A plague when you are walking!
ADAM—
Not so. One grows accustomed to it.
EVE—
And may I touch it?
ADAM—
Yes. If you so desire.
EVE—
I am so curious,
........And so you'll let me?
Eve, fair and laughing, gently puts forth her rosy little
fingers. Then, all of a sudden she stops.
I do not dare I
ADAM—
Be bold!
Are you afraid?
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EVE—
Afraid? Oh, no I I am brave.
Stay! It is red at the end, like a radish.
This skin, no doubt, is to protect it;
And it is not ugly at all.
ADAM—
Oh— I cannot call it beautiful.
EVE—
Yes, it is quite pretty.
And her rosy delicate fingers come and go, and run and
hover over it, like butterflies over flowers.
EVE—
But look, the color of it has changed!
How strange! and see, 'tis larger than it was just now!
It stands erect: it shakes, Good Heavens! a tear!
It weeps!
Eve wipes away the tear with her golden hair.
EVE—
It weeps! It weeps again! Are you in pain?
ADAM—
Not so at all.
EVE—
Oh Master Adam, it is quite enormous,
And now has altogether changed its shape.
Tis stiff and hard.— Of what use can it be?
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ADAM—(with a deep sigh)
And do you think it is of any use?
EVE—
Of it I am not sure. But still I think so.
You said but now that God makes all things well.
The is an end for everything, if this world be perfect.
ADAM—
Yes, if God had but told me what he willed,
That I shoul do with it! But what is yours?
EVE— - - ■
In me there's nothing but a place for it.
Perhaps it was forgotten. Come, look at it.
ADAM—(seeking too high)
But nothing do I see.
Not there, oh! clumsy wretch, look here.
ADAM—
'Tis right. And e 'en the root from you is torn:
The hole's still fresh. But does this neighboring one
Communicate? I put my finger in to see.
EVE—
Put in what's best.
.ADAM—
'Tis very narrow,
He slips a caressing hand under the woman. Eve gives a
jump, her hips quiver, she shuts her eyes, projects her bosom
and her hands convulsively grasp her hair. A shiver runs
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through her whole body, and a sign dies away between her
clenched teeth. Again! She half opens her sweeping thighs.
And the first Man-Virgin falls into her arms.
EVE—
Again! yes, try again as much as you will.
As he crossed his arms around her shoulders white
Adam felt two feet entwine around his hips;
Their limbs all innocent embraced and would
Have mingled, had they but known the way. '
Oh, Maidenhead! not understanding yet,
Two feeble, tender voices murmured then,
"I love thee," and the world's first kiss was shared
Between their lips which met in close embrace.
Two kindly Spirits over blundering lovers watch,
Instinct and Chance, and soon fair Eve had guessed
The riddle which had sore perplexed her mind.
Perchance a serpent you have seen pursued.
To right, to left, in fear with lowered crest,
And up and down it seeks to find a way.
It forwards, backwards goes and everywhere
It searches for a hole where it my hide.
And when 'tis found it swiftly slips inside
And comes not forth again. This Adam found:
And then a cry, for he and Eve were joined.
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The bodies twain seemed by one soul possessed,
They squeezed and twisted, gave long leaps and bounds,
And flesh 'gainst flesh was rubbed engendering heat.
Their veins were swollen, and their pointed tongues
Were thrust between the other's clenched teeth.
Their nerves were stretched, their muscles hard and drawn,
And Pleasure made them wildly leap and bound
Harder still!' and quicker! now comes the acme of delight,
Convulsive shudders!--
Eve, steeped in languor, quite exhausted now,
Lies there and swoons and sighs, and bends her hips;
Her eyes look upwards, and her heart beats quick.
Her lithe and supple body, white as snow,
Leans backward upon his protecting arm.
And Adam, tired and happy, lies beside.
Then both of them, with gently fluttering hearts,
As if they listened to some tender strain,
Lay lapped in dreamy memories of their past delights.
Said Eve: "You see God indeed makes all things well.
Come, let's begin again!"
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