Eden's Epiphany

Eve came, her bush brushing through, figuring fig was sufficient to leave that feeling behind, (was it even a word, good or evil) to converse with her landlord before her in the clearing, clearly annoyed. "Where have you been Eve?, I've been looking for you." Her first thought was not "You know very well where I've been, you are the Landlord, aren't you?". She was a bit overwhelmed with the fresh emotions in her mind. Showing newfound respect (fear?) she replied "I have been in the lush green, making love with the Other." She thought maybe the Landlord would tell her, to go back to doing what she had been doing, but instead, the Landlord said "You haven't been eating the fruit I told you not to, have you?". Eve, new to the idea, might have thought "You know very well I've eaten it, you are the Landlord, aren't you?". But innocent was her first thought and she admitted that she had, further offering "The Other did too". Landlord, fixed his view of her and proceeded to quote from memory "You have violated the terms of the lease to this land and therefore the penalty clause comes into effect." "You, Eve, and the Other tenant too, will vacate said premises effective immediately!" Eve, taken aback by the newfound demeanor of Landlord, simply asked "But why Landlord do you treat me - us, so sharply?" To which Landlord replied ominously "You have committed the original sin!" Eve, having partaken what the Landlord had explicitly denied to her and a bit more sentient than when first awoken, replied "But I have not committed what you say, it is you in fact, Landlord, who committed it." Landlord, knowing the rationale about to be uttered, played close to the robe. "How do you believe that Eve?" Eve replied "Well, my Landlord, you know everything about everything, right?" "Yes, I do." returned. "And it was you who made the knowledge, even before you made the fruit, right?" "Yes, I did." was uttered. "And you did so knowing full well ahead that I would, I in fact MUST, take the knowledge." "Therefore, it was you who committed the original sin, knowing that the Other and I would follow the path provided to us." "So good and evil have become part of us, because it is part of you, right?" "You give a persuasive argument Eve, but I am the Landlord, therefore, I make the rules." "God damn us." Eve replied. © Goode Guy 2012-09-05