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It Isn’t About You

Isn’t about me?

So, when is it

About me?

Must I die, or be

Dying

Before it’s about me?

When can I take up space

In your mind

With the things I think, you are

Thinking.

What are you thinking?

Nothing?

Then, why do you think it’s not,

About me.

You must have thought about it.

Or, if you haven’t

How do you know

It isn’t…

About me.

Deborah T. Johnson

March 12,2025

Changed thinking from saying