Jesca Hoop<\/a> instead. I can all but guarantee you will enjoy her.<\/p>\n—<\/p>\n
I want to tell you
\nyou’re wrong
\nBecause maybe you are
\nI certainly think so<\/p>\n
Your shadow would not agree with me
\neven as it stands there
\na negative of you
\nIt still moves like you and knows things
\nlike what it sounds like when you cry<\/p>\n
Does the world need one more person
\ntelling everyone else to think like them?
\nI would not agree with me
\nif I stood where your shadow stood<\/p>\n
or maybe I would.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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