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The Poet Speaks In Black 

By Terry O'Neal

 
 

 

Here I Go Again

 

I sit in the bathroom

looking in the mirror

I sigh

here I go again

I run the comb through my hair

and I sigh

I see my true self

why

kind of blue

like a Miles Davis tune

the reflection of me

I search deeply

who am I

and

I sigh

I make up my face

leaving no trace of

what is

the dark rings

surrounding my eyes

I disguise

I look in the mirror

and I sigh

here I go again

another day

the show will begin

but on which note

will it end

here I go again

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Terry O'Neal -- Author of Motion Sickness, The Poet Speaks In Black, Ev'ry Little Soul, and the upcoming novel Sweet Lavender.

Motion Publishing  P.O. Box 2551     Elk Grove, CA 95624

Phone: 866-552-2211            email: mpublishing@emai.com www.terryoneal.com       terryo@poetic.com                                 

 

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update 3 August 2008

 

 

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