so stick THAT in your pipe and suck it.

name?
/claire d. hawthorne 1 gal 128 fl oz./
but that's not your name, they tell me.
sure, it's not what I was born with.
it's not what you know me as.
but it's still who I am.

pen name
is an understatement.
though it was one at first,
it grew.
it's become a part of me.
and that I can't go without the pseudonym
being strung across the page.

so many joys have come
because of the animosity
I have towards my true title.
and because of this,
I stood out in many minds.
or just in his mind.

by birth, I may be one person.
but in my heart,
I'll always be a Hawthorne.