SHADOW OF THE IDEN SERPENT

adam: oh come on!
         how can i be blamed…
         isn’t you who created the woman?
         the woman you gave me gave me the fruit
         and i ate!
         how can i be blamed?
         ask the woman…

eve: nah, not my fault!
       this serpent you created deceived me.
       you know it’s not my fault!
       blame me not.
       the snake, it deceived me!
       look, there’s the sly snake…ask it…

serpent: [the serpent forks its tongue…hissing; wriggling its
             tail- causing some rustling on the leafed floor of the
             edenic garden…it stares scornfully.]

britelife: [running after the serpent…]
             is it not you “papa-adam” and “mama-eve”
             is talking to?
             what have you to say?

serpent: [hisses again…]

deeran: [tugging at britelife’s oversized shirt…]
            you’d better leave that serpentine creature
            alone!

vil: why are we just standing here?
     can’t we kill this snake and eat?

judy2: [thinking of korean cuisine]
           here’s a stick vil…
           use it to hit it on its head;
           i can make korean snake soup
           with it!

peacetee: [concerned about animal protection]
                is that not maltreatment and extinction
                of endangered species?
                let’s ask olanajim’s philosophical view on
                this…olanajim?

 olanajim: i wonder how and why the snake spoke!
             it’s a supernatural phenomenon at this age
             of creation for a serpent to speak so confusingly!
             the mechanics for the vocal, bucal cavity is not
             supposed to be well-developed at this age of man…
             i shall predicate it on the artificiality of the eventuality
             around the superficiality of celestiality…

prince: too much grammar!
          less talk- more action, please.
          can i have the stick and kill the snake?

bigjay: [wondering what the sex of the snake is…]
          ehn- bros, before you hammer the serpent;
          can i know the gender- sex – of the serpent?
          and is it a virgin or not? how many partners
          does it have?

diva_gal: you’ve not even been through
             with daughters of eve!
             you’re already running after
             serpentine chick…

anny: is playing with serpent not a good exercise?
        please bigjay, carry on!

kinzo: [he walks in like the prince in “coming to america”…]
          kinzo king is here for the show too.

tukur: [coughing mischievously…as he struts toward kinzo]
          two of us can play the snake and ladder game, you know. you climb. i climb.

furtune: [wondering what his own action or word will be…]
             stop it, bestiality!

naijaecash: [calculating the market viability of the serpent’s skin…]
                 please, my people- how much e-gold can i make
                 from this silly serpent?

kendan: if you’ve been to sodom, south africa or nigeria

                 the serpent’s skin is worth a million shekels…

megabucks: but first to make its sale profitable
                 you’ve got to have an effective online
                 marketing and promotional base…

kufreabasi: please, gimme the snake! let me eat.

abuman: with this serpentine situation…
             it is not uncustomary for snakes
             to have incestuous relationships
             amongst themselves….
             serpentine-sex relationship between man and
             hiss-animals; i’ll say each one to his tent!

shadow: who picks the last number of snake?

tytylayor: i am trying to guess the job of the serpent…

goldenrolly: the serpent is a confusionist!

edisha: do not condemn the work of holy father…

yemmight: could the serpent be lonely?
               is the snake single?

lady: maybe the serpent made love to her!
        who knows?

aminah: i guess it is god’s will for the snake…
           nothing happens without his knowledge!

freddiewit: i bet the serpent’s not as witty as me…
               i challenge the serpent to a wit’s contest!

babazinnih: if it’s who wants to be a millionnaire
                i can challenge the serpent…

rivermaya: is the snake by the riverside of babylon?

crown4me: how can that be?
               only kings reside by that river…
               kings like me who has the crown!

sleek: if the serpent is as sleek as me
         i think we shall let it go…
         so let’s see who makes the last post here!

olufemi: does the serpent belong to the rank
             of global moderators?
            or, could the snake be searching
            single sisters on the forum?

(…all the while the virtual satan sits there
listening and reading the blabbers of everyone…
pulling the strings of the hissing serpent
that’s unconcerned about everyone’s point of view…
the majority could not carry the vote…
but yet, they all blame satan!
satan vexes…what next?)

the drama continues…shortly