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#18 Envy

I change myself
To be you.
I need to be you:

eloquent in verse,
naturally beautiful,
vain to an extreme,
young and green as new roots.

I change myself
To fit in.
I need to fit in:

exaggerate my fables,
niche clothes to hide my style,
vivacious and loud,
youth ad infinitum despite creaky joints.

I change myself
To be loved.
I need to be loved:

elegant, exquisite, elusive,
naive, noble nymph,
verbose, vivacious, violet hue,
youthful and yielding.

I change myself
to the point
that I don’t know who I am
anymore.

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