MY WIFE HAS NO MIDDLE NAME M, 3-20-17

CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Life & Faith for the Years of Winter

MY WIFE HAS NO MIDDLE NAME                                   M, 3-20-17

It is not always bad

or wrong, to fall

despite the state

of Adam and Eve

or even the snake

on the way out

through the eastern gate

Neither Adam nor Eve

nor the snake

had a middle name

With no middle name

to mark them different,

it is a miracle

God did not confuse

them with some other Adam or Eve

or snake

My wife has no name

except for Helen

That one name

was enough

to make me fall

and to keep me

in that fallen state

JRMcF

johnrobertmcfarland@gmail.com

Neither Helen nor her sister, Mary, has a middle name. There are two theories about this. One is that since their father, Earl, was the last Karr, and had no sons, his daughters could extend the family name one more generation by using Karr as their middle name. However, Georgia, their mother, said it was so if they turned out stupid, they could at least spell their names.