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Then and Now by Tom Horonzy
    Who U Were and R Today. Contest Winner 

 
Back in my youth
I was a bit uncouth
but as I aged
I became engaged 
with steely nerves,
vigorous verve
and zippy zest
when at my best
 to attract attention.
 
Sometime later
I became curator,
to a boastful braggart
with a snazzy swagger,
 nourishing and flourishing
an annoyant flamboyant
that could sting and zing
while proffering to sing
"How Great I Art."
 
Given time 
I became more sublime
majestically magnetic,
electrically aesthetic,
gorgeous and grand
with august command
magnificently resplendent 
and totally transcendent.
Like Ali - I am the Greatest.
 
Then, I awakened
stirred not shaken
with no friends
 I could depend
to stand by me
when analytically
my self-centeredness
endeared no tenderness.
leaving me, as he, 
 stating, "Woe is me!"

(Hamlet)
 
Who U Were and R Today.
Contest Winner

Author Notes
The differing fonts are indicative of the changes I made throughout the years.
The picture is donated via... Pexels-nana-photography-1064146-6476630.jpg
Imagine the cat having nine lives undecided about what to be when.

     

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