was a man who Tried to become everyone He traded and stole Borrowed and portrayed He never was himself Just a trace He was a shimmer Of a soul Reflecting others Becoming unknown As much a thief Could ever have known Until he chanced One day in the dark to think back look At his face In a shiny spoon In an empty dark Room with no Touches of him on The walls No love to embrace he had none not a nose Or a smile no ears for He had been borrowing Those