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Shadow play: (Original Post) tblue37 Apr 2023 OP
I remember being fascinated by my shadow... Karadeniz Apr 2023 #1
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me... Hekate Apr 2023 #2
Thought this was about Rory Gallgher... malthaussen Apr 2023 #3

Hekate

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2. I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me...
Fri Apr 14, 2023, 03:36 PM
Apr 2023

My Shadow

BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

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