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Disappointment

I was given a name the day I was born

Later, I was given another.

Later still, I married and took another name.

Later, I took back the second.

 

What is a name? Should we not just choose our own?

If so, I shall call myself "Disappointment" and be done with the matter.

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Mar 16, 2010
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