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Recorded Reading (0:59): https://www.dropbox.com/s/4psr64yeedmkur5/Finding%20the%20Way%20Between%20Us.mp3?dl=0

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Finding the Way Between Us

Before we add our little bit
Before we denigrate
Before we edit or adjust
That which our brother may relate

We find the way beforehand to
Mutual harmony
Celebrate with heart and voice
Twixt we two what alikeness be

“There’s some truth in what you say,”
“That’s worth thought,” “I see your point,”
“I’ll meditate on that!”
So we with dignity anoint

The well-intended offerings
Fellow sojurners of
Receiving them with mete
Appreciation, and with love —

Before we offer those insights
Uniquely given in our name,
And hope that our companions
Treat our heartfelt gifts the same

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This poet is physically disabled. Public housing being insufficient to her medical and creative needs, she is presently living, in order to continue working, in her minivan, publishing all of her works using one thumb on the touch screen of her smartphone, surviving at an income of a fraction of her nation’s poverty level. She would treasure any donation you might care to offer ~ http://www.UgiftABLE.com ● #72D-31S.

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