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How We Are Named

Her name is a long birthing vowel; She names only the baby green turtles that scurry into the open beaks of the seabirds. Those babies that survive go into the ocean, go unnamed. This is a ‘for instance’ an example, a case in point; extrapolate if you will. Those she does not name, are named later when the ocean within them becomes too oceanic for their shores to contain. There is only one Name. If we try to name ourselves laughter shoots up our spine like a Sanskrit rocket. When She calls you, it will be Her name She speaks; it will be a long birthing vowel.

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Date: 1/2/2020 4:13:00 AM
I like the way this poem came around full circle, Eric.
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Eric Ashford
Date: 1/2/2020 8:53:00 AM
Thanks again Caren.

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