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Beyond Me: A Poem

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May 04, 2026
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Beyond Me

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Beyond me you will live, my playful boy,
Beyond me in gardens, girl with your toy,
This old man you see who walks with a cane,
Whose skin blotching shows, whose movement is pain,
Was limber like you, alive to the world,
All new was the playfield, golden hair curled
Like leaves of snat…

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