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My Second Self   (Verona U., March 2008)


My second self is not a shadow
or an inner mirror.
She is real
and everything I am not
but aspire to be:
forbearing all
with a stalwart grin,
she carries herself well
a sage, but only behind the drawn curtain
of her smile.



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