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Infamous Fame
My name is me
They’ve trapped me with it
Everywhere I go
My pseudonym, my mask, my soul
They see my name and they build
They mold, they change, they mutate
I am surrounded
They have made my name into a creature that is not I
A monster’s name, an angel’s name, a hero’s name
Never a human’s name, never my name
As my name spreads, more and more change it
More and more make me what they want
What they need, what they desire, what they fear
I realize they are building someone I am not
Someone I can’t be, someone I shouldn’t be, someone I won’t be
I want to stop them
But my name is universally known
It flies across media, fame, voices
There is no safe place
No solace from these ‘me’s they have made
I’ll fall short of their expectations
They’ll blame me, they’ll shout, they’ll judge
They close in, brandishing my name
I’m not what they say
My name is no longer me
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