All the animals
trundle by

on a conveyor belt.

Adam feels
like a contestant

on a T.V.
Quiz Show.

Can get to keep
the things he names

there's heaps & heaps.

God beams
like he's Noel Edmonds.

Adam's nervous
sweats under the T.V. lights.

'Eh...bog...cog...eh...log
no...doy...yes...dog! '

'Yes...that's it! '

And so we barely get
man's best friend.

'That! ' Adam points at cat
and God(being hard of hearing)
gives him that.

Adam really messes up
when it gets to Pegasus, centaur,
unicorn and dragon.

*******

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Adam laughs
when he sees his first giraffe.

Couldn't think
of a proper name

for
it.

'Go on...come on! '
God prods and prompts.

But all Adam
can do

is laugh...&...laugh.

So between them


they name it
Gir affe

meaning that
which makes one

laugh.

Dónall Dempsey

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hello-and-welcome-to-name-that-animal/