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Just to Feel Human
Because I love allegorical Adam and Eve and apples, and because I love the title... Just to Feel Human by James Tate A single apple grew on our tree, which was some kind of miracle because it was a pear tree. We walked around it scratching our heads. "You want to eat it?" I asked my wife. "I'd die first," she replied. We went back into the house. I stood by the kitchen window and stared at it. I thought of Adam and Eve, but I didn't believe in Adam and Eve. My wife said, "If you don't stop staring at that stupid apple I'm going to go out there and eat it." "So go," I said, "but take your clothes off first, go naked." She looked at me as if I were insane, and then she started to undress, and so did I.
5:59 p.m. - 2010-08-03
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