A baby floated on a mattress
in the middle of a restaurant,
a child with a hotel room door
as a makeshift float,
and a rickshaw puller
made his wife a cup of tea
as she went into labor
and delivered a baby girl.
They hiked through
waist-high water and
in reverence to
the aftermath
surrounding her,
the new mama
from Indonesia
said, "I will name
her Tsunami."
Tsunami.
A name she will
never forget
in kindergarten.
It will be on the lips
of every teacher.
A dove branch
among five-year-olds.
