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Recorded Reading (1:03): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bjaowx4dm68t8uu3pvs8p/To-the-Young-Visionaries.wav?rlkey=5ovf2w9brf7r1x3qsrjkspc67&dl=0

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To the Young Visionaries

Even though what we do is all in all
Our every sleeping, waking moment of,
Beware — we may bring on our own sure fall
By hyperfocusing on what we love

Although our work and pleasure are the same,
Even though we think on it constantly,
No occupation anyone can name
Ought be pursued in exclusivity

Take time to recreate, take time to rest
Take time to wander, wonder and to play
In order to create your very best
Tomorrow also, as you do today

A balanced being must each of us know
So we continue usefully to go

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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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