God to Adam & Eve

In the spirit of another new week this, by poet Tony Hoagland. It's God talkin' to the kids:

God said (and already you can tellI’m making this up),Let this woman and this manBe joined togetherIn front of the sea and the grassAnd the trees who don’t careHe said, Let them makeA gate in themselvesThrough which the other can passAnd may the gate never be closedSo they can feel the truth of being enteredAnd the loneliness of beingImperfectly misunderstood —Now go, God said,Into the country of loveChange it with your experimentsDon’t be intimidated   Enjoy your skinImpress meMake something growFor your bravery merely in undertakingThis impossible taskI make you a special loan called TimeNo, don’t bother to thank me now —You can pay me back as you go