Incognito
Summer
names
Tags
to stage
Self-referential
naming rights
Epithets
are a characterizing word or phrase
Epitaphs
are words etched on one’s grave
But
monikers assumed can swiftly assume
The
nomenclatures we once used
Titles
are names revered by some
Handles
are worn in having fun
Labels
are used to describe
The
contents of that which lives inside
However false the terminology
The impression given is made upon thee
Assigned by one, reaching many
Videlicet
Scilicet
Namely a pseudonym inscribed to you
II.
Denominations
span in size
Ranging
from the forcibly ascribed
To
the self-defined
Aliases and nom de plumes
From
the nom de guerre to the anonyms we fear
Rephrasing
our allonyms into inciting cognomens
Has
significance to those familial sobriquets
openly
worn
as
these anonymously
titular
appellations
quickly
absorb
appearance
so
craftily designed,
so
intricately alluring
Are
these entangled terms
Words,
we keep reusing
And
consumed we can become
Forgetfully
frail, amnesiac and
Growing
weak at the nee
In
managing our integrity identity
when
also knowns
fit
more aptly
than
those
parentally
bestowed
