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Evolution

by Thomas Redoubt


Close-up of a snail shell with a spiral pattern. The shell is textured with hues of blue and gray, creating an earthy mood.
Image credit: Kevin Bergen on Unsplash

I was who I was


            'Til I realized who I would be


                        And never was I myself again


                                    Or knew what became of me.


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Older man with glasses and gray hair, wearing a striped shirt, stands in front of a textured painting. Neutral expression, indoors. Black and white.
Thomas Redoubt

Thomas Redoubt is from Freedom, Pennsylvania, a small town on the Ohio River north-west of Pittsburgh and now lives in Allison Park, Pennsylvania. He was trained in science and law spent the first half of his non-literary career as a materials science researcher and the second half as a lawyer and law school adjunct professor. Redoubt has a passion for writing poetry and sees poetry as the epitome of one person to communicate his/her thoughts and feelings to another.

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