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Eve's Knowledge Revealed in Dreams

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Emily Parker Updegraff
Jan 14, 2025
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She sleeps hidden from petal-footed
carnivores stealthing through pre-dawn dew, 
their ears tuned to weakness. Her eyes open 
to vernal light and she turns to the problem 
of living–what to do about fire, food, 
and the children’s nakedness. No wonder 
that the first thing our first parents received 
was clothing. Imagine how they lived. 
Hunger, bliste…

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Emily Parker Updegraff
Emily Updegraff lives in Wilmette, IL with her family and works at Northwestern University. As a writer, she has published essays and poems in Exponent II, Dialogue, Irreantum, and other journals.
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