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Master Jack

'Jack of all trades', a very few say you are;
Mirror shows only a 'Master of None';
Never in place, not like the stars,
Jumps on different lanes, never just one.

People in the past may somehow be right,
Said "she's unlike the ones we know";
Seen as weak, unfocused and unbright,
'Cause she's someone who has nothing to show.

But both hands have lately been full,
Never been bare, never been cold;
Touched on many works and just made it all,
I guess they were wrong after all.

Could be that I have 'Jack' inside,
Still clear though that none of any I've mastered;
What matters is how I get on and handle life,
Efforts shared and used always have mattered.

Poetry by Calyx Penning
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Written on 2026-05-24 at 04:50