When God created woman and man,

I was a fly on a tree nearby;

They came frisking like animals,

A feast to my discerning eye.

 

Then entered God’s canny adversary,

From the Netherworld he came;

He whispered into their baby ear,

And gave them sin and shame.

 

Thus were born religions,

Homilies and rules,

Clothes and other cover-ups,

Priests and sundry fools.

 

Since then God waves his hand,

Beckoning us back to being;

Alas our moral compasses

Render us unseeing.

 

Wrapped in robes that discriminate,

We have but one redress—

To unbutton our prejudices,

And be one in nakedness.

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