Identity

When is it that I'm at my “Thomasest”?

When is it that I feel that I'm most “me”?

This question: in my mind it does persist.

Inspired by a certain amputee.

 

But I believe this question does mislead.

No person is defined by just one act.

There is no single trait that supersedes.

One can't reduce a person to a fact.

 

No person acts the same way all the time.

We all adapt our personality.

The “me” that maths is not the me that rhymes.

All people share this commonality.

 

Sometimes I do not think myself to be

A single, undivided entity.

 

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