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Jackie Kay
somebody else
somebody else
somebody else
If I was not myself, I would be somebody else.But actually I am somebody else.
I have been somebody else all my life.
It’s no laughing matter going about the place
all the time being somebody else:
people mistake you; you mistake yourself
© 1998, Jackie Kay
From: Off Colour
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne
From: Off Colour
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne
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somebody else
If I was not myself, I would be somebody else.But actually I am somebody else.
I have been somebody else all my life.
It’s no laughing matter going about the place
all the time being somebody else:
people mistake you; you mistake yourself
From: Off Colour
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