I am not him
Idealize cautiously;
I am not your hero;
You there, speak candidly!
Don’t you know things I don’t know?
Did it hurt to learn that I was not your own?
I am me; I exist; I am free. Yes;
I am a memory, remember? Life gave you a loan;
I, monster. Et tu, Frankenstein, yes?
So dare I say, I am you;
I am him, as you believe;
I am your version of his story;
Read me as you like, I am still Tam
P.S. Now read from bottom to top (to the title)
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