Identity Positions
Identity is other
People / what they
Want us to
Be / one thing
Or another / or
The operative word
You either fit
None or most
Shape-shifting where
Shape wasn’t goal
But way station
Like a comma
Between clauses or
Items in lists
Store bought selves
Easier to shelve
Than silly putty
Or broken egg
Identity is history
Not essence you
Knew / culture not
Birth stamp but
Stories some of
Which might sometimes
Be true--
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