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What's in a Name, King Arthur?


I like people who, when you ask them their name,
feed you the whole mouthful.
I hate having to dig through anonymous plaster
with a spoon.

If you only tell me "Betty" or "Bill,"
you haven't told me your name at all.
Identity crisis is contagious.
The personal columns are full of disease.

Will the brown-haired, brown-eyed lady
last seen wearing a Sony Walkman,
a sleepy smile,
zebra-striped sneakers,
and carrying a paperback copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude

Please call me?

Thanks.

Excalibur.

© 2008 Peggy Landsman
 Published in Neon Quarterly

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