06.18.09
One With a Doppelgänger Reads
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One surrendered in words, to find; the other, to dispossess. One read to fulfil the heart’s proddings; the other to abnegate it. One turned pages to nourish the mind; the other lost it. One bent over a book to partake; the other to withhold. One embraced sentences with an intent; the other, aimlessly. Betwixt the covers one pursued a question; the other, an answer. One discovered the way, the other wandered. Within a book the other is the one, the one is the other. ‘Twas a strange but beautiful sight, when he read – the one with the doppelgänger, with the woman reader, and she too, with her doppelgänger. They read, leaning their backs against each other.
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But alas! No book was to tell (who became lovers or who remained readers)
the further story of the reading man and woman and their doppelgängers.
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mika said,
June 21, 2009 at 7:08 pm
this is beautiful! hmm, does this have something to do with your dream? :)
Miracle ♪♫ said,
June 21, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Thank you for thinking so, Mika. =)
This came before the dream…so… I’ll have to ask my subconscious first. hahaha