Oh, I like this one!
I may admire you,
I may respect you,
I may be envious of you,
I may want to be like you,
I may worship you,
But,
Says my instinctive gut,
I’d rather carry my ill-fitting shoes,
Chasing your shiny ones, I’d only end up with a bruise.
48 words.
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