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What's in a Name?
not to be cliché, but
her lips were petals in full bloom, and
her smile pearls fresh
from the ocean
her slim hands held a monopoly
on artistry
and her imagination rivaled her wit,
if not exceeded by
grace
was Alice not a fitting name?
yet, "hi, I'm Alec!" slipped from those
rose bud lips
the first day of school
and the fingers which drew so
intricately, now
worked a blade through her
sun-spun locks
favorite blue sundress discarded for
a pair of overalls and a
worn ball-
cap
is Alec not a fitting name?
it is evident, his beauty still, though
some mourn its
loss
but I wonder how can you call something
beautiful
which never was to begin with:
not to be cliché, but
his mind was a sunflower seed, and
his body an apple
orchard
yet you still expected apples to grow?
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