It's not easy to know what is true for you or me
at twenty-two, my age. but i guess i'm what
i feel and see and hear, harlem, i hear you:
hear you, hear me—we two—you, me, talk on
this page.
(i hear new york, too.) me—who?

in this poem, which of the following is a symbol of self-creation?

new york
the page
death
harlem