Adem and Eve

Under Adem and Eve, the speaker describes an Earth where everything was unusual and love allowed no choice because each person came from the other.

The speaker grounds love in reciprocal origin. The title suggests the creation pair, while the six lines concentrate on the relation between me and you.

The poem recalls a time 'When the Earth was so real / That everything was unusual' and says there was no choice but to love, because 'you were from me / And I was from you'.

The first-couple story, spelled 'Adem' in the title, is made mutual, with each lover coming from the other. Short unpunctuated lines give the love a sense of necessity rather than decision.