Naming the Animals
‘Until he named the cow cow, no one slept standing up’ /
Until he named the horse
horse,
hoofs left no print on the earth,
manes had not been invented,
swiftness and grace were not married.
Until he named the cow
cow,
no one slept standing up,
no one saw through opaque eyes,
food was chewed only once.
Only after he named the fish
fish,
did the light put on skins
of yellow and silver oil,
revealing itself as a dancer
and high-jump champion of the world,
just as later he had to ...
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