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equal
is
itself
nothing more
than
what it is
which is where there is confusion
because clearly
equivalence evades
so it can be something else
even with itself
that’s what we call equivocation
because words are a means to match
without being what they mean
save when they are meant
then we think like thoughts
and feel like feelings
like we
just like each other
not the same but
enough
evenly balanced
enough that we be treated like
equals
even when first among
who would want to weigh when wanting?
but weighed we are
when is the weighty matter
we hope we find ourselves equal
for
when we speak about equality
it has nothing to do with being
the same