Once I thought I saw you in a corner.

All I really saw was me,

watching others jealously

in case they came to steal and say

the bestest parts of my own day

and make to drive all happiness away.

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Soon the corner-me had won

and every other single one

made quick to leave my cell alone.

So I command what I can own

and sit with me and only be

to make the things that only I can see.

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But just this once I thought I saw you there

and rose to ask a question bare,

and laughed inside that I might share

a peace of what was tickling me.

But all I really saw was me.

Watching. cold. with icy jealousy.

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