THE TANG OF WORDS

she enters
into language
tasting the tang of words

"OG!"
she proclaims
dog appears at her word

an "OG!"
by any other name
would be a bow wow

'bowwowwow WOOF!"
dog teaches her
its language

calls a cat
just what it is
an 'ANNABOOBOO!"

"C...A...T!"
I spell it out for here
still an 'ANNABOOBOO!"

the C...A...T
perplexed by
its ANNABOOBOO-ness

even I now
call the cat
an "ANNABOOBOO!"

she calls me
"HA HA!"
my laughter naming me

Mammy's name
in Toddleresse is
"NO....nooOOOOOO!: