Trio No. 27

1.

To speak your name—a sacred act; 

A tiny sin, a fleeting fact. 

To let the small sounds fall from lips 

Or letters drip from fingertips, 

Is just enough to keep (I think),

My head and hands in duty's ink. 

2.

In 1616 Jane Carraway was hanged for suggesting in a public forum that maybe cats don't have five legs she had only a hunch a whisper of doubt but it compelled her to risk laying down her life for the pursuit of truth of course we now know that cats only have four legs and a tail. 

3.

A list of objects and compound objects: 

A fork. 

A knife. 

A spoon. 

Western civilization.