adam's fib

i wish i had been the one to be adam
the beautiful white man
all of the best first things
the first man
the first white
the first beautiful

and also gotten of god's echo, of
his burp and fart

given dominion over all
the beasts
given scepter to christen,
to name this planet
and all the meat
that is in it

cause i don't like the way
"pork" sounds
and i don't like the word
"cow"
and poultry sounds like
an abbreviated direction
given to a vegetarian

and the beyond all the foods
stuffed into this zoo -
none of the words we've been
given are good enough,
are even close
to what they should be
they are too clean for me

they are too clean for you
remember: we came from mud
and a little shard of god's fingernail
that's why when you grunt
i understand you more
than when you say
"i prefer balthus," or
"i love you."

i think had i been adam
had i been the one to be adam
belched out so white upon the mud
i would have sponged up
some of that dirt
and squeezed it out from my tongue
as the animals marched by
with father watching from the sky