I Know

I'm not a drama queen
a barbie doll
someone's else spleen.

I know I'm not a sex pistol
or soda can
or avatar.

I know I'm not filthy
or rabid
or mean

But I've been so much
milled as a machine

that I gotta lot more findin' out what
I'm not
so's i can get onto what
I AM.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Rams Avatar
October 13, 2011 at 8:14 PM
it does not matter what you're not because inner beauty is what you've got.
Lane Avatar
October 12, 2011 at 8:32 PM
Use a map not a machete but you'll still find that you are a good person. Tony
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