Chris Mahan<p>names themselves given<br />to mark who belongs where<br />or who belongs to whom—<br />it&#39;s a medieval game<br />for estate inheritance,<br />family importance</p><p>ought we not to choose<br />to be known to the world<br />as though we are our own<br />instead of some item<br />in someone else&#39;s ledger? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernmentNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GovernmentNames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bureaucracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Citizenship</span></a></p>