It still feels strange that we named you
everything else was so much
surrender
boy or girl
would you be funny
left-handed
healthy
but this moniker
out of thin air
we coated you in it
I envy the Navajos
a baby’s name is temporary
a decade of waiting
of learning him
before the tribal leader picks a new one
a word anchored
to his strongest virtue
so now you know
why I have so many nicknames for you
your story is still too early
for a title.
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