You are... me. Aren't you? I feel sure of it. What of you? I once was told...    "You are... (speaking of me)  tall, dark, and handsome," but what is it that you now see?"  "Stooped, greyed, and icky, I'd be?"   You are... being less than nice but then again, you may be right. I have changed, haven't I,  with each passing decade?   You are, though, a composite of the have-beens, I had-been, whereas you see me being  reconstituted of renovated parts.   Ce le vie!  You. too, will be, eventually.  When it happens, you might as well, do tell, end up speaking with oneself, like me.   Writing Prompt Write a humorous free verse or free style poem about YOU, as though you are talking to yourself! Recommended (but not required) that you start every stanza (except your last stanza) with "You are..." . You may start your last stanza with whatever you choose. Your poem can be of any length and genre. Author Notes The picture was snapped by me at an old-timey barber shop, and seemed appropriate for the 'You are' challenge . It's good to be tested occasionally.

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