Then the Lord God said

“Behold, the man has become like one of Us,

to know good and evil.

And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life,

and eat, and live forever — "

So He drove out the man

and He placed a cherubim at the east of the Garden of Reflection

with a flaming sword, which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

​​​​​​​​Beneath the Trees

By certain sounds they existed
If at all​

The story so far:

Defined out of existence by linguistic-self-awareness
the shades of Womanman and Manwoman
wander aimlessly

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They are clothed in the pages of the Oxford English Dictionary
Every object in the Garden of Reflection is neatly labelled

At the centre of the Garden stand two great trees
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life
Beneath the Trees the self-aware shades come face to face

As they soundlessly address one another
sheets of computer printout issue from their mouths

I am so lonely
With the passing of each moment my awareness of beauty intensifies

and my sense of isolation increases

I am so lonely
With the passing of each moment my desire for love Intensifies

and my sense of isolation increases

They embrace with a silent but intense passion
which becomes violent as they decline to copulation beneath the trees

Early morning

A majestic sun is rising in a cloudless sky
Manwoman and Womanman wake up and greet each other

 You are beautiful - I love you
I love you - You are beautiful

They walk hand in hand through the Garden
reprinting the labels of everything  with delight

From out of a labelled sky
labelled birds sing soundless songs of sheet music

Womanman and Manwoman sit beneath two great trees.
They share an apple from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Girlboy and Boygirl are playing nearby beneath the Tree of Life
One picks up an unlabelled fruit and take a bite

Immediately
The following printout issues from its mouth

The evolving state of sanity is only capable of comprehending relatives.
The dehumanisation of linguistic-self-awareness will result in ....

At this moment a dead branch falls from the Tree of Life
killing the children

Beneath the Trees
Manwoman and Womanman keen in silent printout

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