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  • Writer: Yaira Ebanks
    Yaira Ebanks
  • Nov 1, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 20, 2025

what is in a name

some synonymous with fame

others riddled with shame


working on my third

last-name

perhaps it is all a

name-game


Buruca by birth

he- was just a sperm donor

Pinillos by marriage

divorced- no longer my owner


now I’ll sign Ebanks

my choice

my birth-right

taking it to

my very last good-night

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