Designation

What's in a person's name, past it being theirs to own and to notify of a neighbor's call?

What binds it to us - past remembrance and the need to write to identify?

Why should we use these names that hold nothing for us past a label applied by other labels?

Why should I keep this name that is tied to nothing but myself; nothing but a haggard child with eyes and smile both tired and aching in a dimly-lit room I often forget?

Why, indeed.