It must have been a daunting task
Giving all of Earth’s creatures a name
Now Adam was given the assignment
So there is no one else to blame
How did he do it? I don’t know
Not repeating yourself would be hard
I wonder if he had a system?
There were no computers or index cards
And just how did he choose a name?
Did he do it by what he saw?
Did he separate by where they lived?
Or if they had talons or claws?
So, how did he give out names?
Did he give them on a whim?
Was there a rhyme or reason to it?
And I wonder why wasn’t it a panzeechim?
I wonder if God got amused
By the strange names Adam chose?
Such as the beast we call an elephant
Why isn’t it called longskinnynose?
I wonder if when he was done
If he looked on his work with pride?
Because it’s too late to change it now
He did his best, I know he tried
June 14, 2022