Lonely in Eden

Jean Monahan

Single male, age unknown,

lives alone in Paradise.

God knows why

jack-fruit and jasmine,

waterfall and moon-

light won’t suffice.

Woe am I, who shapes

earth into my own image, loves

only myself. Other, wherever you are,

send a sign: color in the sky,

dream in my sleep. Must

be of the same heart, bare

of face and limbs. Must

be able to speak, make fire, sin.