Ode to My Maiden Name

How eager I was to be rid of it,
sold as I was on the idea
that a man’s choosing me
would transform me so completely
that there would need to be
a new word for me.

Sold as I was on the idea
that a wedding would be a birth
and not a death at all.

Sold as I was on the idea
of being given away.

Sold as I was.