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What am I, as I look back? That fallen giant or the bean stalk Jack? Is the handsome prince what I have been Or just some Joe taking it on the chin? Where am I, as life goes by? A Gulliver's traveling kind of guy? I've been lost but I've been found, And I've been loosed, though once was bound. Was I the tailor killing flies But also that dragon's last surprise? Are all my stories quite the same? I'm due the praise and due the blame. Who and what and why, I ask, While taking off each story's mask? Who am I, as I take and give? Why exactly do I live? Who am I, as life goes on? The ugly duckling and a graceful swan? Who am I, each day I live? What is it that I might give?
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-07
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