A Name
When Eve walked among
the animals and named them —
nightingale, red-shouldered hawk,
fiddler crab, fallow deer —
I wonder if she ever wanted
them to speak back, looked into
their wide wonderful eyes and
whispered, Name me, name me.
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Ada Limón
The Carrying
Milkweed Editions
2018
Ada Limón - Image: Christopher.Michel on Visual Hunt
