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(A poem about choosing names for characters.  It’s either easy or hard.  Naming these people is never in-between.)

They are my mental children
These characters that play
Among the worlds within my mind
I watch their birth with care
Knowing I must make them grow
So I take my first choice seriously
And grant them the perfect name

I look at who they are
And who they will become
For clues to their true name
Examining all angles
From skills to loves to fates
I pour over sites and books
Or grab letters from the air

For some I choose in minutes
While others take me days
Because the name is power
It is what gives them life
Without a solid name they fall
Swallowed by the shadow
Who searches my mind for food