God’s second attempt

Adam was naked

from the lump at his neck

to the ground at his feet.

Adam was panting for a woman

and God took notice.

fearing self abuse by his creation,

God nabbed a stick of charcoal

from his bag of tricks and began sketching a woman

for Adam’s early morning delight.

Adam seemed nonplused with God's attempt

which pissed God off, so he snapped Adam's rib

and fashioned a second sketch;

a dark, smudged, nasty-looking creature.

(it's assumed, at first sight, Adam ran-off

and hid in the bushes)

now it came to pass that God's

nasty sketch was found

in a shipping trunk in the mid-west,

scheduled to be auctioned off as quickly as possible.

I showed-up simply wanting to prove

the existence of the mid-west and instead

won the sketch with a bid of $250.00 American.

a healthy sum in 1968.

(God's second sketch provided by:

"ACME Sketch Co. Inc".)