Lilies

James Henry Knippen

My inheritance is the names
of flowers, my tongue
a red headstone speaking
the names of lilies. My
inheritance is the names of
flowers, my tongue a red
headstone speaking the names
of lilies. My inheritance
is the names of flowers,
my tongue a red headstone
speaking the names of lilies.
Our inheritance is the names
of flowers, our tongues
red headstones speaking
the names of the lilies.