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Recorded Reading (0:52): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2hqh9rg8vhf7jb86ivvb3/We-Brought-the-Darkness-Under.wav?rlkey=uhjka04afegx9qpckvbw26p0g&dl=0

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We Brought the Darkness Under

You think because I always mean you well
No matter what your mood might mean for me
Because I always choose the truth to tell
Saying only, exactly, what I see

Because I sometimes act apparently
To mine own interests oppositely
Perceiving as I do the whole good be
Also eventually good for me

You think that I must be a shallow soul
Unacquainted my spirit’s darkness with
Awareness lacking of my human whole ~
Allow me to inform you, then, forthwith:

The darkest souls of all fine arts are in
We brought that darkness under discipline

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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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