tomorrow ends 62 laps around the pool


it benefits me not


those who claim to love me so well

may construct their own ideas of who I am


those who hate me on sight

or love me but not quite enough


can hide in their own mis-imaginings

but it will do them as ill as their falsity


did to me


I'm not holding a grudge

we all face our reckonings sooner or later


but don't make a fetish of it

you are not favored above all others


and every time you notch your belt

you'll just meeting your own self


learn it now while you can






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