Eden: Scene I

Dramatis Personae Adam: A Man – First to come, Last to know Eve: A Woman – Innocent Temptation, Supple Adamant, Persistent Inconsistency The Serpent: Being in and of the Human Condition, The Serpent appears, as is his wont, at our want and always in appropriate guise Act 0, Scene –III : The Mind of Everyman There lurks within the recesses of the human psyche the price we pay for the Gift of Awareness – Doubt. Before Doubt lies – The Serpent (an artifact of awareness) – shifting, undulating, appealing and repulsive, guarding Doubt, concealing, yet by its very presence … confirming Doubt’s existence. THE SERPENT Fundamental - Primal - Want Slipping, Sliding, Slow, Savant Turning back upon Himself Insinuating with His stealth His vulgar touch His sensuous feel His warm embrace His dark appeal The innate joy with which He takes The innocence of one mistake And when He’s done You’re all alone The warmth is gone You’re on your own You look around … but then you find The Serpent’s there Inside your mind