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[aid] => mick
[title] => Who am I
[time] => 2004-04-27 21:33:22
[hometext] => I wrote this after doing my first 'self-portrait'...
[bodytext] => No parents, a new country, the pass of a friend and of a child Faces of me, still with a heart timid and mild A moment, a year, a jaded eye and a godless tear Stagnantly still while ever growing, possibly strong but alone, with fear This history surreal became a future inconsequential The facets are needed, all parts essential They're presented at every thought and breath, so ragged and torn It's a diary of me from the moment I was thrust into world so worn The misery of life never fades, I don't let it show A clip-on smile decorates and hides all that I now know I'm a room of shelves packed with existential dreams and repugnant pain An unkempt library read with utter disdain So, splayed before the world, naked as if without care I proffer this self; this tormented imagery I share You don't have to look but I feel you must If you would know me before I'm dust [comments] => 2 [counter] => 197 [topic] => 31 [informant] => reprobate [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => StoryPoetry )
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