By CJ King
Submitted by hairdiva
Date: 2007 Nov 13
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Trick Without the Treat

I know I owe them more than this
This shell; this half-broken
This barely spoken version of myself.

And getting there, I will find a way
To trick myself into getting half-way there
Trick myself into becoming who I was
Before.  Before there was less of me to work with.

A sleight of hand, and trick of words
An unadulerated smile, followed by my old crooked smile
A witty remark, and the look that goes with it.

I will get there, and maybe in tricking them
I will trick myself.