what vanity made me think you'd hear me?

the same vanity that made me think I had something worth saying--

or that admitting this would bring forth the validation I craved--

hardly matters now--no one knows what he's saying--

and no one hears clearly in any case--but now with lessons

in humility done--at least vanity has been tamed

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