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If Only.....

Meshack Bwoyele Keya 1960 (Vihiga)

If only Adam and Eve were Chinese!
If only they lived in China and not Aden
Then they would have eaten the serpent like cheese
The fruit would have been spared in the open
But Adam and Eve were not Chinese
So the fruit was eaten with the mouth open
Sin in the world did arise
And suffering was brought to all men.

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Musing over Adam and Eve

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Submitted by baby_p on June 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABABCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 306
Words 63
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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