back then there was no Burlington coat factory

from my

calculations, the weather in 

the Garden of Eden

must have been pretty nice.

maybe around 68 degrees,

slightly

overcast.

they had no clothes, so in

order to survive,

things had to be just right,

with a limited

chance of sunburn

or frostbite.

it was like San Diego,

sort of

in the spring,

back in the sixties,

during the Summer of Love,

but then it all changed

with that damn

apple.

now we're buckling up

galoshes

and wearing hats,

putting on an extra layer

of clothes

because it's freezing

with three feet of snow

on the ground.

we're at the beach

lathering on sunscreen

in our bikinis and speedos.