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I-dentity
By Kern Wallace
(stand by a mirror)
Who am I?
We are defined not only by how we see ourselves,
But also by what others think of us.
Each person seeing me differently,
Weaving squares to make a quilted man.
Who am I?
In observing, do we alter some aspect of a person
As if they were a particle?
Who is the Kern Wallace in your mind?
Who is the Kern Wallace in Kern Wallace's mind?
Who am I?
(gesture to the mirror)
What is this?  Is this me?
(look into the mirror)
Who are you?  Are you me?
Am I you?
(look away with hesitation, apprehension, occasionally glancing back at the mirror)
That can't be me.  Right?
That wouldn't be me.  Would it?
That shouldn't be me.  Should it?
That couldn't be me.  Could it?
Is it?  Maybe?
(firmer, more confident)
NO.
That was not me.
That will not be me.
That is not me.
(look in the mirror and speak following line loudly with passion)
YOU ARE NOT ME!
You are a reflection, a refracti