{"id":1355,"date":"2012-08-23T22:55:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T22:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2017-07-11T16:59:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:59:08","slug":"levi-me-by-cynthia-lewis-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/levi-me-by-cynthia-lewis-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"LEVI & ME by Cynthia Lewis-Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LEVI & ME<\/h1>\n

by Cynthia Lewis-Jones<\/p>\n

My genes are customized denim:
\nunique, a one-off design. The<\/p>\n

Left leg is forty shades of green,
\ntough, durable, for roaming
\nin wild, damp places.<\/p>\n

The right is practical, calm
\nas red-white-&-blue, sailing
\nthe seas of maritime history<\/p>\n

Yet black as ebony, vibrating
\nsecrets of imperial angst
\nin shrouded sails of mystery.<\/p>\n

Their victory,
\nIs the me I like to wear.<\/p>\n

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1958, dragged up, as opposed to brought up, on two sides of the Irish sea, I then lived on the High Seas, and Waterways of Life, and am only now coming into berth, on the far western shores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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