What's in a name
you say?
John, Jane, Han,
or Shane?
Manly John,
back to back
to Latin to Greek,
gives Lohannes,
which crooked nose
in deeper Jewry,
finds Yahweh's grace.
By his side,
feminized,
kisses an uncommon
Jane,
Gianina, Gianna, Giovanna,
Iva, Ivana, Ivancka,
Ivanka, Ivanna, Jaina,
Jaine, Jainee, Jan,
Jana, Janae, Janaye,
Jandy, Janeczka, Janeen,
Janel, Janela, Janelba,
and Janella.
And Han?
Deeper more
past Warring States:
韩. Yet lost in Borg
assimilation, sinicization:
哈思呼哩;
韩佳;
罕扎;
翰颜;
吉喇特.
In the rear?
Court jester or
bard, skips Shane.
A simple Irish
son of John,
Ulster brother Sean.
What's in a name
I say?
God, grace, you, and me,
held together in history.