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[Billy]

I nominated Kenneth's poem:

Naming The Beasts

In the beginning he had no frame
of progeny, no personal history.
Just a man, new-risen
from mud, alone.

Glimpses of them in the underbrush,
the tops of trees; creatures like him
In so much that they moved, lived,
and breathed, but it stopped there.

At dusk he struck a fire for light,
the moon not being yet full, sat back
on his haunches beneath a tree and waited.

They came limb-to-limb and by air.
Some lumbered or crawled, walked
by two's to present themselves to the man.

They lay down at his feet, for fear had
not yet entered into the world,
and he saw the light of the fire
dance on corneas.

The man studied each face, felt it
with his fingers as a blind man does.
He stroked muzzles, snouts, mane,
and tail in order to discern each
creature's measure of the Divine.

He stood an pronounced each name,
strking the earth with a stick:

Thunders when walking

Carries young on it's back

Runs in circles

Drops down from above

At first light, it was finished.
The man lay exhausted, thinking
perhaps he had failed as he found none
that were compatible.

Seeing that each creature had a mate,
He thought inwardly, "birds have nests,
foxes have holes, but the man
has no breast upon which to lay his head."

Then he feel into a deep sleep.

[FranktheFrank]

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[Kenneth2816]

I nominate Bob's "why I sleep" in addition to Hallstand.

I accept the noms for Naming The Beasts

[Kenneth2816]

I also nom Bob's Why I Sleep