Here I Go Again

Books by Terry O'Neal

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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

from The Poet Speaks In Black

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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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Go, Tell Michelle
African American Women Write to the New First Lady

Edited Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram

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update 3 August 2008