When I was a boy
I was very shy
And didn't know what to be
So I looked to the better boy in my class
Or the hero in the movie

Because I felt that was better than me.

In my fragility
And my wanting to be
I came to imitate them
Photocopy their being
To become their personal qualities
To summon attention, awe, respectability

And so I ran towards my idea of another
In my desire to be as good as the other...