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self-possessed

(adj): in full control of your faculties
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6 months ago anydelirium said:

'I keep my countenance,
I remain self-possessed
Except when a street piano, mechanical and tired
Reiterated some worn-out common song
With the smell of hyacinths across the garden
Recalling things that other people have desired
Are these ideas right or wrong?'

-A Portrait of a Lady, by T.S. Eliot

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