Nobody, Anybody, Somebody is an identity poem, sparked by Emily Dickinson’s poem I’m Nobody Who Are You?
Nobody, Anybody, Somebody – Identity Poem
IfÂ
nobody is nobody
everybody isÂ
somebody.
Somebody may feel like aÂ
nobody 'cause
nobody treatsÂ
nobody likeÂ
somebody.
Are youÂ
somebody or
nobody toÂ
somebody andÂ
somebody toÂ
somebody and
nobody to
somebody?
Are you
somebody orÂ
nobody orÂ
anybody?
CanÂ
anybody beÂ
somebody?
DoesÂ
everybody want to beÂ
somebody or doesÂ
anybody want to beÂ
nobody?
Anybody can make
anybody
somebody.
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