Yarrow House

Teacher Taught

Some days she looks
and in her mind she names them.
You are Grace
and you are Willing Laughter.

All day they are their names.
But other days
she names them Rain or Restless Crying,
and they echo their naming.

As she watches,
she sees them naming her.
And all day the name, the name
rings in her hands, her voice, her eyes.

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