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    We Scare Ourselves
    We Scare Ourselves
    We Scare Ourselves
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    We Scare Ourselves

    By Gail Ortega

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    We Scare Ourselves is a fresh, new book of poetry with an occasional bit of prose thrown in for good measure. Ortegas poetry plays with decomposition by capitalizing and centering each line, indicating that every line standing alone is entitled to its own interpretation, its own meaning. Love, revolution, relationships, and music are the principal themes of this new, daring work. In this, the author of We Scare Ourselves exposes his own vulnerability by drafting a poem, then revising and recycling the poem until the better poem reveals itself right before your very eyes. We Scare Ourselves will draw you into a world of contradictions and surreal absurdities by echoing strong, crafted images and emotional truths about love and loss.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateDec 21, 2016
    ISBN9781532013805
    We Scare Ourselves
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    Gail Ortega

    Gail Ortega, currently retired from his career as a nonprofit executive, continues to advocate for the poor and downtrodden in our communities. We Scare Ourselves is his first published work of poetry. He serves as a minister at Shiloh UMC, is married to Bridgett, and lives in Hampton, Georgia.

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      We Scare Ourselves - Gail Ortega

      What You See

      Thought about it.

      Was scared to

      Face it.

      Didn’t want to

      See a fool

      When I looked in the mirror.

      Seems funny

      How a feeling you get

      Can be turned to a trick,

      Just another game,

      Another joy turned sorrow and pain.

      Wanted to give myself an out,

      You know?

      Could always say

      I was wrong

      When no wrong was done, except

      The mistake I made by turning

      Away

      From the reflection I see

      When I look in the mirror.

      Just between Me and You

      When dreams become

      Basic just for living

      And all things real are

      Because of imaginations of

      What they could be,

      All because there’s no one

      To reflect on,

      Talk to,

      And be talked about.

      Words,

      Which are crazy,

      And in the language of a

      Lover’s mind—

      Just between me and

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