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A Poem by Thayne Whipple

What's a Name

Jan 19, 2016
I’m awfully glad that at my birth
My parents didn’t call me ‘Dearth,’
Or ‘Parsininthreopraphy’
Or ‘Catchattorriaminy.’
Because the children like to tease
And would have put me ill at ease.
But even though they all would laugh
When glancing o’er my autograph,
If I did one day gain great fame
They all would wish they had my name!
— Thayne Whipple

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