flyingfish

Shadows are Rather Stiff

hard-edged, 
all telling,
not fibbing
nor forgiving.
The mind\'s eye is blind 
to the shadowy-side 
we carry in ruck-sacks behind
our backs.
Shadows are brutally honest,
dark and gloomy,
sketches of self in outline,
that we would rather lose
\'cause they can\'t be
colored in.

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Quote from \'Peter Pan\' (Disney)

Wendy said: “Oh, Peter, I knew you’d come back! I saved your shadow for you. Oh, I do hope it isn’t rumpled. You know, you look exactly the way I thought you would. A litter taller perhaps.”

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