Scott Simpson · Poetry
What the World Needs
Use For Kindling · source pages 33, 34
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Source page 33
What the World Needs
You don’t look
like Brad Pitt.
You don’t sound
like your mentor
down the hall.
You forget
to pack a lunch
some days,
and cry
when you lose
your keys.
But the world
already has
a Brad Pitt,
and a mentor,
and someone
who always
remembers.
What it doesn’t have—
not yet,
not fully—
is you
bringing your full
Source page 34
unrepeatable
self
into the room.
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