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If I am too quiet

you'll think me passive,

easy mark, a little dull

around the edges, but oh

so nice, nice, nice…

If I am on (animated) stage

you'll think me unladylike

too quick to eat your pudding,

a wave maker, a tidal storm

without (tableset) protocol…

And, none (all) of these Are me

yet moreso, what you see

(like the blind men and the

elephant) is more the mirror

of your own bias than a

reflection of me

Don't tell me I'm not an earthmover

I've been known to quake so strong

no meter can measure.

I've been known to know so much

only a simple question is required.

I've beaten the speed of sound, of light

in fireworks of synapses so

blinding fast that I've proven

Einstein's time is indeed elastic.

There are no boundaries internal

beyond the constrictions

externally perceived and it's

somebody else (not me, not

me) playing with that snake.

And, before I stood up to read this,

you drew a different picture of me.

But, I know who I am

and that

I know I know

is all

I need

to be.

What I Think Before I Perform

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