Tag-Tag
tag!
can't take it out, forever your name.
can't rip it out, forever your language.
can't take it out, forever your country.
can't rip it out, it suits you, it suits you.
my name is your symptom, your currency, your fragrance.
who are you? who are you?
stranger, will your please trade your names with me?
recover my body and rifle through my pockets.
no identification and no proof of identity.
no marks on the body, no patters in the fingerprints.
no blood, no scars, no teeth, no nothing.
still, i know you, i know you.
my name is a nation.
my name is a correction.
my name is a condition.
my name is a request that you tell me nonfiction.
tag-tag!
speak nonfiction.
teach nonfiction.
bleed nonfiction.
my name is in exile.
my name is an expat.
my name is held captive.
my name is a prisoner 'til you tell me nonfiction.