On the Outside

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I stand

outside the circle

filled with other circles.

Lopsided

dented

and scratched

Missing large chunks

but,

they're circles

I am not.


I

am a square.

No,

not really.

For square would indicate order.

I have so many sharp edges

and corners

and angles and planes

my shape is impossible to determine.


Unique


I don't fit

into a predefined category.

My corners brush up on the circles

irritate them

they shrink back

for fear of being hurt.

My angles and planes push them away

afraid they will be sucked into them

and lost.


Because my shape has no definition

and I stand

on the outside.

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