PRIVATE REGISTRY / FOUR LETTERS / OPENED

n a m e

A word waits under tracing paper until the hand decides which self it belongs to.

aliasgivencalled
Nregistry wall
no. 011nomenfolded beside the tongue
no. 024known asink hesitates here
no. 039near-namecarbon copy refused
no. 052namelessblank line preserved
no. 073notedentered without witness
no. 088namedsealed in registry red

a tall wall of slips, each trying to become the first letter

N
Apronunciation atrium

āæah

the mouth makes a small architecture before the name arrives

/neɪm/[nām]calledsignedheard
A
Mmirrored corridor
M

Every alias faces its carbon twin until both become almost true.

Eending desk
signature label introduction surname erasure

after the slips, brackets, doubles, and peeled labels

name

sealed

No demand is made of the visitor. The word simply rests where it can be found.