XC: Good Counsel

If Adam had, a better husband, been,

he might have said, "a help-meet dear have I.

Perhaps I'll bring this snake to her, and then

a much more round decision she will spy."

If Eve had been a better wife, she might

have brought the sorry snake to Adam's side.

And two would make the choice she made just right,

for, under-heel, the sad snake would have died.

But Ad…