About Men

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God, I have a problem.”

“What’s the problem, Eve?”

“I know you created me and provided this beautiful garden and all of

these wonderful animals, as well as that hilarious comedic snake,

but I’m just not happy.”

“And why is that Eve?”

“God, I am lonely and bored and I’m sick to death of apples!”

“Well, Eve, in that case, I have a solution. I shall create a man

for you.”

“Man? What is that, God?”

“A flawed, base creature, with many bad traits. He’ll lie, cheat and

be vain. He will be witless and will revel in childish things. He’ll

be bigger than you and will like fighting, hunting and killing

things. He won’t be too smart, so he will need your advice to think

properly. He will have a very limited emotional capacity and will

need to be trained. He will loook silly when he is aroused, but

since you’ve been complaining, I’ll create him in such a way that he

will satisfy your physical needs. And most certainly will never be

bored agian!”

“Sounds great”, says Eve, with ironically raised eyebrows, “but

what’s the catch, God?”

“Well… you can have him on one condition.”

“And what’s that God?”

“As I said, he’ll be proud, arrogant and self-admiring… so you’ll

have to let him believe I made him first. And it will be our secret.

You know, woman to Woman

Published by Ucu Agustin

Indonesian documentary filmmaker based in Washington DC, United States, and Jakarta, Indonesia.

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