Do you have a middle name?
If so, how do you use it?
Our name is given when we’re born;
We do not get to choose it.
My middle name was only used
In anger by my mother,
Who didn’t saddle one upon
My sis or either brother.
In Judaism, names are picked
To honor those not living.
The first initial thus decides
Which moniker you’re giving.
So Ilene Gail was chosen
At my birth for the tradition
And Ida Goldie got her
Long-awaited recognition.
My middle name just sits there,
An appendage I’m not using,
Which never would have been among
The ones of my own choosing.
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