"Autobiography in five chapters" from Portia Nelson

One of the few poems I really love, "Autobiography in five chapters" from Portia Nelson:

1) I walk down the street. 
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.  I am lost...I am hopeless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
2) I walk down the same street. 
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.   I fall in again.
I can't believe I'm in the same place.  But it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
3) I walk down the same street. 
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.  I still fall in...it's a habit
My eyes are open; I know where I am; it is my fault.
I get out immediately.
4) I walk down the same street. 
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I walk around it.
5) I walk down another street.

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