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The One

He was The One, The One, The One He was The One, it was true And it would have been perfect, but for the fact That he wasn’t just one, he was two It was just like a threesome, most of the time There was me, there was Jekyll, and Hyde Jekyll was honest and loving and kind But Hyde had the devil inside A turn of a sixpence, a phase of the moon Imperceptible shifts of the light And dear Mr Jekyll would turn in to Hyde Who was darker than graves in the night I just wanted Jekyll, just Jekyll, you see But Hyde came as part of the deal The addition of me, making two in to three Made a triangle spin like a wheel It was my fault, all my fault, everything According to Hyde, in his view They’d be better without me, Jekyll agreed So that’s when the three became two Good luck to the pair of you, Jekyll, and Hyde As you skip arm in arm to the sun Well suited, free, but quite useless for me For neither of you were The One by Gail

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Date: 9/27/2016 12:25:00 AM
Loved it!!! And there is way more than one of them around, Haha
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Date: 5/28/2016 5:43:00 AM
As you know, Gail, I'm a big fan of everything you do. I particularly like the one you call, "The One." Were I to edit that one the only changes I would make would be in lines 11 and 15 where you speak of a transformation being made. In this case I would use the single word "into" in place of your two-word term.
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Date: 4/19/2016 7:00:00 AM
Gail, this is one of the best I've seen here on the soup. Makes me want to start writing again. -W
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Gail Foster
Date: 4/20/2016 4:03:00 AM
Thank you Warren. If you were to start writing again as a result of my verse it would make my heart glad. All the best.
Date: 4/15/2016 9:02:00 PM
Gail, exceptional write! I love the the way it ended. A new favorite for me. Peace my friend:)
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Gail Foster
Date: 4/20/2016 4:06:00 AM
I'm glad you liked it, Daniel. Peace to you, too, and thank you so much for your interest x

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