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"Conscience" by Joe DiMino

Long before I met you
I knew you-
sensed your gnawing presence-
shadow of my shadow
where the sun could never find you
shade cast by my shade-

Some call it conscience
a subtle voice
or prime
pricking us to attention
then nearly out of mind.