I forgot my name.

Those syllables chosen for me at birth
by people i had never seen before,
strangers I had never met.

I forgot the sound the letters make
when slurred together on someone's tongue,
squished against the backs of their teeth

What was the noun they used to scream
when they needed a scapegoat?
What was the noise they used to cry
when they needed a hiding place?

What was that odd combination of letters
they always took for granted?

I don't remember.

That isn't me anymore.