I Will Pronounce Your Name

“I Will Pronounce Your Name” by Leopold Senghor (Senegal)

Ode To Rabbit

You hop along to the bass of the song

My dog always licks your face even though she knows it’s wrong

Then your eyes get large and your foot starts to kick really hard

And you hop back to my feet

Or try to hid in the blankets that keep me so warm

But they’re not as warm as the place in my heart

That I keep for you rabbit with no name

I love you because you’re so lame

And because you’re so adorable

Even when you’re gone

I know you will spread bunny wings

Then go into the air as a spirit bunny and scare people

Because that’s just how you are

Don’t change little rabbit.

 

This picture of the lemon grove reminds me of the poem “I Will Pronounce Your Name” because of the part where it describes her name. Naett, as being the fragrance in which the lemon grove sleeps.