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Poetry: Books

by Volecia Plafcan

I have lived so many different lives

it seems it hard to choose

which one I want to live

and walk in their shoes

Would I fit the role of Scarlett?

Or her best friend, Mellie?

Would I choose Forever Amber

Jo, Amy, Beth or Meg?

Shouldn't even think about

the blessed Virgin Mary

Naomi, Ruth?

There I go again

getting fiction mixed with truth

Could I, would I be Nurse Ratched?

or the famous Jackie O?

people wonder why I'm loony

with multiple personalities

I've been reading, reading, reading

thinking I am every one of these

characters I have mentioned

putting on some different looks

do you think that I should tell them

that I read them in some books?

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