By Any Other Name ~ Monday, May 19, 2025

My baptismal name, Nameless Nobody
yes, my parents were English professors

both born and raised in Moscow, Tennessee
although, they called me, Saudi Samādhi
pretend they were creative and witty
though, Richard bore legions of lesions, sores
infected with AIDS, acute HIV
sarcoma covered his body, cancer
made prevalent in the '80s, shitty
acting Actor-President paid no heed
left me fatherless and motherless, too

nervous as an orphan, my fears would bleed
anger with my punk rock stage name, Nicked Tune
maybe I should have been a goth dancer
elegant, slim and tall, the White City

Needles, California, my getaway
as far away from Chicago, pipe dreams
make me run away from any pity
endless decades of therapy, no fun
like those milk carton kids, they had no say
ending up in a shallow grave, their screams
silent as crushed Kermes, Crimson Silence
silly name for a band, I know, Black Sun

Niagara Gorge, Goat Island, Horseshoe Falls
obviously, I named our first album
but nobody cared a lick for the Dolls
or Crimson Silence, maybe, call me Scum
dying like my parents from affluence
yet, disease loves my dirty dogsbody

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