CALL ME EVE

at the end

as in beginning

after naming the animals

we banish ourselves

from the garden

so many names

so many tongues

all of them

meaning

Goodbye

meaning

all of them

so many tongues

so many names

from the garden

we banish ourselves

after naming the animals

as in beginning

at the end

Barbara Ungar’s sixth book, After Naming the Animals, is forthcoming in 2023. Prior books include Save Our Ship, Immortal Medusa, and Charlotte Brontë, You Ruined My Life. She has work forthcoming in Scientific American, Pedestal, Cutthroat, and Crazyhorse. Her work has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Bulgarian. A professor of English at The College of Saint Rose, she lives in Saratoga Springs, New York. For more details, see www.barbaraungar.net.