John Hancock

You take this places I didn't quite expect, knowing a bit about some of the people that signed the Declaration of Independence. My favorite lines are "Fostered by lexical warfare", and "Branded by concrete whispers".
Feel free to expand on the connection to Hancock!

@Jazz Manor The correlation to John Hancock: John Hancock as you know was an actual person involved in the history of the Declaration of Independence as well as one of the people whose signatures went on it. John Hancock also is another way to say signature or autograph. Basically the poem is about a break-up and all the things left unsaid before and after the breakup is the "John Hancock" so the John Hancock is the downfall of the relationship. The dumpee signed away his/her happiness. An eternal autograph that will last for ages.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. Sometimes educators start to act like their students and it takes some effort to figure things out!

Indeed lol

Very nice my favorite line (Nothing but bated memories)  

Thank you. :)