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The name you chose
Your name
Informal, friendly, official
An act of will, of self
Defining for yourself
Who you are

Out from under
The rigid yoke
The mantel
Forced upon you
Defining you not as you
Desire. Her vision
Collided with the you
That is You.


Started June 30, 2001 14:10
Edited July 25, 2006 19:44

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