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Autumn Leaves

volume 6 number 7

I Know Who I Am Not
by Paul J. Lee

Reaper of benefit over the bones of the earth
Not I
Beautiful smiling conniver
Not quite
Promiser of lies, giver of ill will
Neither draws nigh onto me
Healer of a thousand woes
Alas be I not this either
Though indeed to that zenith I strive
Who I am is who I am not
My equanimity be not routed by fouling illusions grand
My pace of discovery is not come over by haste to know
Who am I?
I know who I am not

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