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The Naming Ceremony

The face is
         an object
lesson;
       Defining itself
           out of 
fleshy lines
           and
        pale optic orbs.
           It is, simply,
What it is.
        No vowels needed:
     Only a smile.
          Identity defined
only by
          expression.