Calling Names

My Sister Who For

35 Years Called Me

          Emmy   

Now Calls Me Emily

 

- Jennifer!   

Instead Of Jenny     

                How Do You Do?

 

 

While Spending 3 Weeks Flirting

                                  With A Sexy Man From Work   

                      I Have   An Epiphany

That  I  Am                    Faking It   

So I Tell Him A Horrible            Story Of Myself     

And Get No                   Reply

 

 

Like Finally             

                            Just Reaching Down And Pulling A Wedgie Out

 

 

Maybe He Thought I Was Predictable?   

                                  And He Had Me   

Figured Out

Like All The Women   

        Who Want Him   

And Chase Him 

And Beg To Have Him

          But     That Is Not Me

 

      He Never Says My Name

 

 

I Am Going   

To Spend The Rest Of This Afternoon

Shopping

                        For Sundresses And Cheap Beaded Necklaces

From The Mexican Woman Down The Street   

While Wearing No Bra

          And Telling Everyone   

My Name Is     

                      Emmy Or Em,

 

                                           Not Emily