First name Maries
Matronymic bestowed with intention
In holy reverence; a family tradition
Valiantly named for French ideals
Of a sacred matron
An army of middle-name Maries
(I belong to this group)
Are a curious vestige
Of quaint Catholicism
Discretely severed into secular abstraction
Laissez-faire pedestrian blaspheming
No clever inspiration, this benign designation
A mother’s afterthought
Her cognition spent after a laborious ordeal
With no snacks
I do not wish to give offence to my sisters
But we are, in truth
Virtually nameless
This bridge is elementary to dissemble
A banal, bootlegging appellation
Riding on the merit of first and last’s respectability
I hope today’s daughters
Are rid of this tiresome trend
But also not named anything too weird
(I belong to this group as well)
To be singled out for irritating commentary
About the Creator
Aspen Marie
In love with life and all of its foibles.
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Comments (2)
I've always had a strong fascination with names. I've named some of my female characters after condiments, lol. Loved your poem!
A witty poem about the unremarkable middle name Maries and its fading tradition