Adam's Rib
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Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib
Man was feeling randy. He required a sheila, quick.
Said God, "I'll take a bit of Man, and make a bonzer chick.
I'll take a small piece of his heart. Oh no, that will not do.
The hole will cause his heart to leak. His soul will then shoot through.
"I'll take a sample of his brain. No, that will cause a stink,
For he will lose all reason, and ability to think.
His liver, then. No, no, that's wrong. My mind is in a fog.
He needs his liver so that he can drink a lot of grog.
"What about his kidneys? No, they help with alcohol.
He'll need his kidneys badly when he's really on a roll.
A piece of spleen or gut or lung? It seems too high a price.
A little rib? That's surely not too great a sacrifice!"
And so it came to be that Adam's rib produced his mate,
And God's experiment, he thought, was world class. Just first rate!
I've thought about this often. It has quite a fishy smell.
I reckon, with the rib, he took the other stuff as well!
© Stephen Whiteside 01.04.2015
Man was feeling randy. He required a sheila, quick.
Said God, "I'll take a bit of Man, and make a bonzer chick.
I'll take a small piece of his heart. Oh no, that will not do.
The hole will cause his heart to leak. His soul will then shoot through.
"I'll take a sample of his brain. No, that will cause a stink,
For he will lose all reason, and ability to think.
His liver, then. No, no, that's wrong. My mind is in a fog.
He needs his liver so that he can drink a lot of grog.
"What about his kidneys? No, they help with alcohol.
He'll need his kidneys badly when he's really on a roll.
A piece of spleen or gut or lung? It seems too high a price.
A little rib? That's surely not too great a sacrifice!"
And so it came to be that Adam's rib produced his mate,
And God's experiment, he thought, was world class. Just first rate!
I've thought about this often. It has quite a fishy smell.
I reckon, with the rib, he took the other stuff as well!
© Stephen Whiteside 01.04.2015
Stephen Whiteside, Australian Poet and Writer
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- Bob Pacey
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Re: Adam's Rib
Spot on Stephen.
Got it in one
Bob
Got it in one
Bob
The purpose in life is to have fun.
After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
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Re: Adam's Rib
Now there's a different take on things! Enjoyed this Stephen
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Thanks, Catherine.
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Oh thanks Bob as well
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After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
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Yes, I was thinking about that, Bob. I decided I didn't really need to thank you - we were in agreement, and that was that. See, I was paying you a big compliment!
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Oh and I thought you and Catherine had a thing going on !
Cheers mate no thanks needed I know what ya mean.
Bob




Cheers mate no thanks needed I know what ya mean.
Bob
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After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
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Re: Adam's Rib
God should have just stuck with 'sugar and spice and all things nice'...I think my partner got a fair share of spleen in there somewhere