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I only own myself, but all of me is mine.
Posted by: simplyannie (---.sc.rr.com)
Date: December 14, 2021 07:21PM

Does anyone remember this poem? I think it starts with, "If I'm still alone by now it's by design." The next line, which is repeated several times in the poem is: "I only own myself, but all of me is mine." Thank you.


Re: I only own myself, but all of me is mine.
Posted by: ilza (---.162.243.191.sao.ajato.com.br)
Date: December 15, 2021 06:34AM

it is a poem by Rod McKuen - I do not know whether this is the full text ...

All of me is mine

The price you pay for sunshine can sometimes be quite dear
when all you have to sell is youth
it s hard to lose another year
my only forced submission has been the rape of time.
I only own myself, but all of me is mine.

--Rod McKuen, Stanyon Street and Other Sorrows




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