My moniker's John;
It's fraught with connotation,
Such as client of prostitution
Or where one logs on
To download defecation.
I need a diff'rent appellation.

I'm a-longin' for new name;
Jeers they're callin' and causin' me shame.
Fishing boat's* named after me
And hospital johnny,**
So the punsters,
The pu-pu-pu-pu-punsters
Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry: "What did you pay
For that whore hump, sir?" To soothe the pain,
I need a soubriquet.

[interlude]

My soubriquet's "Dawn";
It's fraught with connotation,
Such as time for A.M. ablution.
Preposition "on"
Tacked on--realization:
It suggests gender transmutation.

It's a-dawnin' on me: name
Me I'm calling really's for a dame.
Fishnet stockings friends send me
As gifts, jocularly.
I have blundered
Blu-blu-blu-blu-blundered.
My, my, my new-name try shan't soothe the pain.
I'm a runner,
Gone far away. . .

Day dawns in Subic Bay--
Soubrette soubriquet shooed away.
New job; "Supe," my new soubriquet.
Soufflé, stew, couscous, soup, briquets.
Sous-sous-sous-chef, not super pay.
Soup's on, souçon in soup o' bay.


*johnboat, a flat-bottomed skiff
**hospital gown