Naming Things
A first prerogative in the garden
That’s a cow and that’s a dog
That’s an Edsel, that the World Wide Web
And if we don’t like them
We can blame the editors,
Translators
There are nicknames, too
Blame-free alternative
Did God name day or night?
Who said that they’re good?
Whose naming,
Whose words?
Knowing origins
A story fills the void
Words is what we got
We set them on a stool
Play them with or without
Syncopation
The jazz of
Genesis
God’s making, our telling
Listen to the teller
Hear the names
Respect the language
Of the singer
No one knows the maker’s words
What we have
We perform in parts
Rehearsing for Parousia
Last words to name
New heaven and new Earth
C L Couch
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