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“She’s so full of herself!” we say,
as if that were an insult. As if
there were something else
that one should be full of..

But haven’t you ever felt like
a nest full of mockingbirds
or a box heavy with hardware
for cabinets you don’t even own?

Have you never stuffed yourself
full of someone else’s ambitions, plans,
habits of speech? Is there
no part of you that has gotten lost
wandering about after fool’s gold?
Enough.

I want to be packed as full of myself
as an avocado in its skin,
as a seal sunning on the beach.

Carry the rest in a basket, in a backpack,
in a purse or your bare hands.
Roll all your loves behind you
in an enormous suitcase.

Inside, skin to skin,
muscled heart to brain to bone,
let there be only you.

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Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar

Unitarian Universalist Minister and Poet at Lynn Ungar

Lynn is the author of two books of poetry, Blessing the Bread and Bread and Other Miracles. In her free time she trains dogs for competition in obedience, agility and canine musical freestyle (dancing with dogs). She is also an avid singer and contra dancer. Lynn lives in the pacific northwest with her two Australian Shepherds.

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