That Shadow My Likeness
1819-1892
That shadow my likeness that goes to and fro seeking a livelihood,
chattering, chaffering,
How often I find myself standing and looking at it where it flits,
How often I question and doubt whether that is really me;
But among my lovers and caroling these songs,
O I never doubt whether that is really me.
DayPoems Poem No. 1954
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1954.html">That Shadow My Likeness by Walt Whitman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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