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Created on: April 15, 2008
Carbon copies,
That's what they say.
All of us look the same
we do.
Copied from each other,
Layers upon layers.
Copies of copies.
Carbon wears thin,
New sheets added,
Copies of copies.
Begin again.
Read between the lines,
Look between the layers,
There are differences,
Subtle they may be.
But they are there.
Look carefully.
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