True Names
In celebration of my Name Day. August 24, 2019.
Shakespeare was wrong
about the rose
for we do not know
what name
the rose would choose.
Names have power,
have meaning.
True names are not
bestowed upon us
by our parents.
My real name,
my true name
was given t…
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