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Paper Tigers


Some go 

through life

in a sophomoric

zone

 

Knowing about

strangers

while being 

alone

 

To ever 

quote names

or that face

in the crowd

 

Aggrandizing

self

as their folly

— astounds

 

(Reading Market Philadelphia: May, 2025)

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