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E.R.B.

November 22, 2022
By per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"I am not young enough to know everything" - Oscar Wilde


i told you I wanted to name my baby
Ernest or Ernst,
because the mouth shape from the
capital 'e'
reminded me of a
sickly victorian child with
puffy carmine cheeks.

the first name was always the easiest.
now I'm
shuffling through deceased last names,
holding on to shreds of
my heritage.

his initials would be much prettier with
my mother's maiden name,
than the foster system's.


The author's comments:

I have too many last names and too few first.


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