Imperial Adam

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Imperial Adam, naked in the dew,Felt his brown flanks and found the rib was gone.Puzzled he turned and saw where, two and two,The mighty spoor of Jahweh marked the lawn.

Then he remembered through mysterious sleepThe surgeon fingers probing at the bone,The voice so far away, so rich and deep:"It is not good for him to live alone."

© Alec Derwent Hope