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The Real Me - Online Term Paper

The Real Me

when you look at me.
You who think, you know me so well.
What is it your mind tells
you that I am,
less than a man?

Am I the lost father
of an unwed daughter’s first born bastard
who will grow up to be just like me.
Did I leave her, without a care
How would you know-you weren’t there .

Am I the mother-five children, two hands
who breeds like a fly and then demands.
I watch my check rise-eight, nine hundred, ten
while my babies are starving, I’m driving my Benz.

Or am I the one
who corrupted your son.
Who made him take what wasn’t his.
The one who pulled him into the abyss
Didn’t he know
You reap what you sow?
Isn’t that the way
the blame is laid?

Raised to be a macho man forced by my ...

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you have, you still deserve more
Denying others-what wasn’t worked for.
You planned so well, I should have planned more
to make one mistake I could not afford.
How can you assume this is all true.
I’ve never seen your foot even near my shoe.
Until you’ve walked, a mile in my stead
How can you know-What pleasure would you take
in walking my street for even a day.
The only reason, I could ever see
would be for you- to know
the real me.

K. Sablan ...

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Added: 7/30/2007 10:07:48 AM
Category: Poetry & Poets
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 325
Pages: 2

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