What's in a Name

William Wallace in a motion picture became known as “Braveheart”

In baseball, The St. Louis Cardinal’s Stan Musial was “The Man”

And in boxing, Mohammad Ali was “The Greatest”

George Herman Ruth, they called him “Babe”

It was Alexander “The Great” of Macedon

Richard Nixon was amusingly refered to as “Tricky Dick”

Elvis Presley was no doubt “The King of Rock 'n' Roll”

Hands down, Aretha Franklin was “The Queen of Soul”

William Shakespeare was called “The Bard of Avon”

Charlie Chaplin was affectionately refered to as “The Little Tramp”

Thomas Alva Edison was hailed as “The Wizard of Menlo Park”

Emily Dickinson poetically fitting was “The Belle of Amherst”

Pythagoras (570-495 BC) was called the "Father of Numbers"

And in grammar school, I was called “Shithead” by some of my

classmates. As an adult, I was frequently called out as a

“Son-of-a-bitch” by my former wives.

At birth, I was the only one of three siblings our mother did not give

a middle name because she thought my first name “Christopher”

was long enough.

A few times when I grew older my dad did called me ”Old Buddy.”

(I suppose it was easier than saying Christopher all the time.)

And when he died at age 89, that was the end of that.

                                      -30-

Chris Hanch 7-12-2020