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From: purtell@reed.UUCP (Elizabeth Purtell)
Newsgroups: net.poems
Subject: Re: Poem...
Message-ID: <1010@reed.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 15:21:06 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 27 15:21:06 1985
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Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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I met him not so long ago,
And yet, things are very different now.
I saw him then,
And now, though he looks the same,
I see him very differently.

He is an actor.
He is also a person.
But I am not always certain,
When he is one,
And when the other.

He told me that I was beautiful,
Once, what seems like long ago.
But did he really mean it?
Or was it just a line from a play,
From Shaw or O'Neill?

When he sees me,
Does he see who I am?
Or does he only see another player,
Someone who is saying their lines on cue?
Does he even care which one I am?

I remember, the first time we made love.
It was right after a play he had acted in.
But was it really making love to him,
Or was he still on stage,
Just playing another role,
In which I was merely a bit part?






Elizabeth Purtell

(Lady Godiva)