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A recent megastudy put our average rate of untruths at six in every ten minutes’ conversational communion.

This poet doesn’t lie for any reason ~ no matter who she’s talking to, and no matter what the stakes.

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Recorded Reading (1:15): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/18wuyer3fajm58r9e1k1z/Authentic.mp3?rlkey=fwlvwh2iqgy05u76jxf7nzv4v&dl=0

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Authentic

I’m int’rested in problem solving
Not int’rested in winning
In good communication
Not in reputation-spinning

Anything you hear from me
On any, any day
Only ever itself is —
I mean exactly what I say:

Not that which, when I stop to think
Of those whom I’m supposed to fear,
I readjust, in case somebody
Is nearby to hear

Not what I think that you will think
Will make me cooler than you are,
Not that whereby I may imagine
Points off someone else to score,

Not what I saw playing
Last night on the damn TV
Mod’eling for each citizen
What he or she should be —

Unlike our average adult
I can be trusted not to try
Once in every ninety seconds
To convince you of a lie

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Homeless until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ this poet presently lives under perpetual threat of towing with all possessions should her 23-year-old van stop running for any reason.

She is badly in need of a modest reserve with which to field any emergency which might occur.

Donors may visit http://www.UgiftABLE.com , using code #72D-31S. It does take several days for the poet to be notified of your patronage.

Thank you for supporting quality in the fine arts.

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