8432. NOW ADAM

NOW ADAM

The first man says 'there's nothing

to eat, so I'll just get drunk.' Then

he turns to the world around him  -

in case there were 'others', of course

of which he would know nothing about.

I don't think. And, of course, according

to this story I don't think there were

anyway. However, he also wouldn't

have known about the food situation

either. So I guess that's questionable

as well. And, come to think of it, he'd

not have a clue about this 'drunkeness'

thing  -  or even why he'd already have

that word. So, you must see, it's all

very deep and complicated - not to say

confusing too. Is it all just a story, one

which we are somehow expected to

accept, or is there some current of a

truth-seeking buried within this? And,

as well, if he really were 'alone', what

would he have known at first about

'hunger'  -  some ingrained digestive

feeling? Pangs of something, unknown.

Was he 'born' (created) full, and how

long then did this 'hunger' take to begin,

but too, what signalled it for him? Would

he have needed to pee before drinking

anything? Which would mean he'd have

known about that? The 'drinking' I mean.

Just water at this point. Did he do the

fermentation thing too? Or was that to

wait for a drunken Noah? (Genesis 9:21).

And then, of course, of course, the wry

damsel Eve. She just shows up one day?

Like that, all assumptions clicking on?

Do you see the uncertainty about things 

I've had to live with my entire life? And

then, their first night together, was it him

I overheard, telling Eve : 'Stand back, Eve,

I don't know how big this thing gets.'