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Recorded Reading (1:21): https://www.dropbox.com/s/mee7js3zt1mcs0n/You%20Attract%20Attention.mp3?dl=0

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You Attract Attention

You attract attention
You won’t knuckle down
Humor really makes you laugh
Cruelty makes you frown

You don’t consent to take on
Protective coloring
Making sure that drab and dull
Be every little thing

About your hair, your clothing,
Speech and demeanor too
Eternally paranoid
Someone might disapprove of you

Please the neighbor
Please the boss
Please the preacher
Count the loss

You actually hear it
When your brother talks
You fail to file him fast away
In some demographic box

Which reassures you you are worth
Infinitely more than he
For fear of exercising
Actual equality

You’re a real American
You let freedom ring
And if we have that freedom left
It’s a gift you bring

You and those alike you
Who’d rather stand alone
Than try your hardest every day
To turn into a clone

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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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