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Wanted, important, I'd been flaunted and vaunted to heights  unenlightened, where your love still had brightened the nest for this fright-prone fledgling, dodging the truncheoning dogmas of the daddy's curmudgeonly jaws. I was your achievement, and the glory had glossed off in a soft glow on my old puerile shoulders. It was folded into tender missives from your distant presence, digressed erratic from a vibrant social tribe. Imbibing glib understanding from your shallow chalice, I'd slurped a glut of goodies to nourish my flourishing self-esteem, seemingly bold and invulnerable, moulding abundant zeal for success.      How disconcerting then for me to find      the trivial vanity within your mind.