<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Bob's insight.</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Bob had an idea</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">He figured out that</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The only time we had </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">As who we thought we are</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">was now</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">And when you died</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">you came back </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">as someone else</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">back at the start again</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">so in a while</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">you will have been everyone</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Hitler and Churchill</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">A maid a butler</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">A king and a tramp</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Everyone in the world</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">And because you didn't remember</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">From one life to the next</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">You got to learn about life</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">All over again</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">And you could be nasty</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Or not depending on </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">who you ended up being</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">it was a grand idea</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">no God or spirit guiding everyone</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">no everyone just Bob</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">for all eternity</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">he figured that each life </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">that came into the world</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">had its fixed place and </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">when he had been someone</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">and died he went back </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">to be the consciousness</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">of the next one along</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">he went round telling everyone</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">of his big idea</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">it's like reincarnation </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">he said </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">but there is only me</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">and I take it in turn to be</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">everyone </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">no one listened</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">he may as well </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">have been talking </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">to himself</span></p>
<br><br><br><b>Jim Bennett</b> lives near Liverpool in the UK and is the managing editor of <a href="http://www.poetrykit.org" target="_blank">www.poetrykit.org</a>. His most recent publication is a poetry collection called "The Man Who Tried To Hug Clouds" by Bluechrome Publishing 2004 (2nd edition 2005). Jim teaches Creative Writing at the University of Liverpool and tours throughout the year giving readings and performances of his work.
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