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Recorded Reading (1:11): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/voeq2vtuscd9lsqeufp6p/Under-All-Circumstances.wav?rlkey=sg6wtynjfjysk3kum6i9266vi&dl=0

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Under All Circumstances

When life is going as I wish it to
Modest goals which I have set
Appear as though they may be met
Dare hope constructive end results to view
Waking every morning cheerf’ly bright:
I write

When trouble lowers grim its brow
Good plans begin to go astray
In a most disturbing way
Allowing me not figure how
Contend with cold misfortune’s pain:
I write again

When o’er horizon, dawning hope
A promise offers of
Harmony and love
And opportunity to cope
With challenges which came before:
I write some more

And when in calm and peaceful time
I quiet sit with cup of tea
Recollecting me
A lifetime’s stories, all in rhyme
For my readers’ delight:
What do you think? I write!

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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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