Demeter

If you were to name one of your children

after a play by Shakespeare

would you insist the name mimic the sound

of a beating drum

Bassianus, Saturninus?

Or, would you shoot for something more delicate.

Perhaps you would attempt to mimic the hum of a woman

smearing lipstick onto her mouth

or placing the finishing touches on her new car

or maybe you would ask for something a little more saccharine—

Like, the ringing of a thousand bells

Or the smell of a particular flower.