challenged to be <br />original <br />i quit. i am not <br />original i am a xerox <br />copy of <br />another mind <br />i am a duplicate <br />of another carbon <br />copy <br />i am an imprint <br />of another zealousness <br />i use other people's words <br />i listen to <br />every syllable <br />and they all stay <br />inside my heart <br />like decanted <br />mass from acetic acid <br />from coconut <br />wine. <br />i am not original <br />i look at myself <br />in the mirror <br />i am not original <br />but i put on a smile <br />i am too <br />one kind of <br />a handsome <br />copycat.<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/originally-yours/
