Adam’s Boy

Raisin, are you a snake? You are snaking 
around me; I can sense the grip 
of your scales around me; I can feel 
the weight, slimy and cold 
around me. Tell me, if this 
is the Eden we were granted, 
why must you be the ugly whisper in my ear? 
You, you, you,

you tell me you think you’ve cracked the code 
but the apple is a big bite to swallow 
whole and we’re in the kitchen testing 
to see which one is the bigger corrupting force, although,

I’m still clinging to the rest of me, 
limbs and all,
while you’re searching for a rib to steal.