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It's a poem called
"The Firstborn."

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There are all kinds of
versions of the fall of man,

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of Adam and Eve and
leaving the garden.

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And among them is
the notion that Eve

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was the one who ate the apple
and that Adam loved Eve.

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And wasn't particularly
interested in the apple,

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but was thoroughly
aware of the fact

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that Eve, having
eaten the apple,

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was going to be cut off from him
if he didn't go ahead and eat,

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himself, and that he faked it.

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That he ate-- that
he took the apple

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but not to gain knowledge,
but to stay with Eve.

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I saw a joke in The
New Yorker recently.

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I think it was in
The New Yorker where

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it's the picture, of course,
of Adam and Eve sitting there

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in the garden and she's handing
him the apple and saying,

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but it's organic, Adam.

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[LAUGHTER]

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"Our first child was early.

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Easy, they told her.

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And telling me, she
smiled, pretended to smile.

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The pillowcase was white.

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The sheet's stain was hidden.

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Her face familiar, strange.

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And full of guilt
beyond a delivery.

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I felt as strange
as Adam joining Eve,

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feigning pride while I brought
her a rose bright as blood."