By stephen
Date: 2010 Nov 09
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Altruism

Look at me, I am vain.

Auguste Comte had me right.

Given an inch I'll take the mile.

But then, when have I visited the moon?

When did I walk Ethiopian shoes?

Have I truly graced the soil beneath my travels?

Beneath your thoughts?

No.  And I grow older, faster...slower...uglier...more monotonous my brow.

Almost twice now, my semblance has transposed.

But each 15 the same demeanor.

The next 15; can I learn to care?

Not to love--while in love--the way we love ourselves.