Oh Daniel
were you named for
that time of dusk and dawn
when hushed lakes
are touched by Father Sun
who leaves earth daughter
with pink waters
or were you named
for the merciful rain
like the Incarnation
voluntariy imprisoned
inside the grapefruit
which lingers and
with the love
of Michelangelo's God's
Sistine fingers
turns pink?
****
to Daniel Pinkwater