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Who Am I?

I AM A PHENOMENA; LIKE WALKING ON WATER WITH MIND OVER MATTER. 

I AM DARK AND COMELY; FULLY COOKED AND DONE; BAKED BY THE SUBSTANCE OF THE 

SUN. I AM A DISPENSER OF SOUND PROVERBS LIKE LIFE-GIVING WATER; A GIVEN GIFT 

THAT SHALL NEVER FALTER. I AM A COMMODITY; A FORCE REQUIRED TO BE SEEN BODILY: 

OR SHOULD I SAY A GODSEND; A DEMAND LIKE A SUDDEN COOL HAZE THAT DESCEND. 

ONCE UPON A TIME, I WAS NOTHING IN THE SAND--REACHING MY END...THEN, LIKE A 

PRAYING MANTIS WITH BENDED KNEES, I RAISED MY VOICE FROM THE EARTH, THE DARK 

FILTHY DIRT, AND MY CRY SPURT, TOOK ROOT, SPROUT AND BLOOM: IT WAS A MASSIVE 

EXPLOSION...BOOM, LIKE A FETUS FROM THE WOMB--OUT OF THE BOWELS AS FROM A 

TOMB. NO, YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME FOLDING, SINKING, OR DOWNRIGHT LAYING DOWN TO 

DIE...I'M SOARING UP IN THE SKY, WITH NO CAPE--FLYING LIKE A BIRD ON HIGH. 

SO WHENEVER YOU WONDER AND PONDER MY EXISTENCE AS A LIVING BEING, BY ALL 

MEAN, TAKE A SECOND TO REVIEW THE FORESCENE: BUT BEFORE YOU CAN SEE THAT I'M 

THE TRUTH THAT'S COME TO LIGHT, BE SURE TO GRAB YOUR SHADES 'CAUSE I'M WAY 

TOO BRIGHT!!!

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