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Oct 2012
I sit at home,
I sit, and chisel mannequins,
While the “me” – the me I would like to be,
Walks the street in effigy,
No-one knows that it isn’t Me.

Meanwhile;

I sit at home,
I sit and I carve,
I hammer and scrape,
Hoping my tools might blunt,
So I might go outside and be myself.
Roma Carlo
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Roma Carlo
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