Initial After the Fact

how can a thing be eponymous
when it lacks a title at the beginning
end credits reveal
what the thing was called
was that the name the whole time?
what if a thirty three year old
was only just named
is that the name that they were
the whole life prior?
could you hide the book's moniker
until the final page?
yet tempting readers
unspoiled for the nom
thoughts are such, as the late titular character
revealing their names
only well after
their initials appear