(56) April 20, 2010: Alias Face

ALIAS FACE

I wonder if a man can change his name,
And if he changed it, what his face would do?
But I, not knowing how, have stayed the same.

To call a fire something not a flame,
Like looking through a different lens, may skew;
I wonder if a man can change his name?

The felon wanting to avoid his blame,
May banish who his prosecutors knew,
But I, not knowing how, have stayed the same.

Can twisting labels really turn the game,
Or is it what it is, both P and Q?
I wonder if a man can change his name?

The singularity of starring fame
May take an alias for its debut,
But I, not knowing how, have stayed the same.

I daily face my crimes and eat my shame,
With no one else but me to pin it to.
I wonder if a man can change his name;
But I, not knowing how, have stayed the same.

D. Edgar Lamp

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