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Memorial Mistakes


You would think 

I'd have learned

People learn from their mistakes

Why didn't I?

It's like looking in a mirror

A mirror to the past

Except this time

I'm on the opposite side

of the glass

Regardless

I did it again

Is it a character flaw?

Maybe

or maybe I'm just

stupid

dumb

idiotic

careless

ignorant

These things I tell myself

Do I believe them?

I'm not sure

I am sensitive

to the situation

It's too familiar

So why

would I do this

and make it happen

all over again?

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