as the head designer

who taught me the craft used to say:

“you will never find

anyone to love you more

than you love yourself.”

he would then laugh one big,

i mean big, HA!

thinking himself so funny.

and, back then,

i thought it was funny, indeed

because i didn’t love myself very much,

so the joke was on him.

(HA!)

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but i feel differently now