A SHORT STORY - EDEN
It was the year 2060 in the last days of Eden and Earth’s garden floor was at its weakest. Humans had wreaked havoc with their wars, technological advancements and man-made diseases. It was indeed the end of times or maybe just the beginning of a new era. Not even the wisest of wisers could tell. Of all God’s creations, the trees were the most rooted and long-lived. They survived catastrophes for generations having a life expectancy of up to one thousand years unlike humans, sea creatures and the beasts of the earth. The war between man and nature was up for debate in the upper echelons of our garden sphere and I was its most absentee member. I mean, who really cared about trees dropping dead, hell we needed all the wood we could get. Also, that Sycamore Tree that haunted Jane Francis five decades ago and made her run to the graveyard and dig graves for every fornicator and adulterer in all of Eden was enough to send our self-righteous community into a chopping frenzy. Do you know t