The Dread Poet Michael
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Dragon What is a name Dragon
What is a name
To a poem?
No more than
To a wild beast
Or to
The wind
There is no meta
Each is complete
In itself
Names
Are for us
Whose puny minds
Cannot
Embrace wholeness
Since you must
Have a handle
A place
To grab hold
Then know them
By their faces
By their forms
Their voices
For your names
Will fall away
But their essence
Will never fade

1/11/2024
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