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title: Chiaroscuro

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# Chiaroscuro
**by Francis Hicks**

All your life you
were never
                 you.
Born one
way, being
                 another.
I dreamt of
                 you
with such sad
clarity, not
perfect/
perfection:
all silver and
shadow.
Reflecting
what shines
on
	      you.

Til this day
past guessing,
seeing
what is
	      reality.
Breathing,
heart-beating
	      life.
