Adam must’ve had a hard time
Naming Zebras on that day.
What a black and white task he was given, and yet zebras confounded him.
Giraffes, ok he got it—the tall neck of the sound Gu, the funny legs of the letter f
When coupled with itself;
Elephants also were easy for him—wise and mighty like El, but odd and funny like plants; but then
The monochrome striped horse walked in-
Like a circus act-
And he was silent for a second or two.
“Can I get back to You, God”
(Asking the most ancient of questions)
In fact, he thought all night about it
Til just at dawn it came to him
The zed ,the beit-the z the b-
then the open a of awe!
Zebra, he said to God, finally.
And God laughed
And said, ok man.
We’ll go with that.