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Recorded Reading (1:13): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/myxpmw6sefcnhdhblfy03/Scattered-Seeds.mp3?rlkey=xmgwl0dsxzeoyd5t0dsfhspw0&dl=0

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Scattered Seeds

Some seeds are scattered in a sheltered glade
And die repining for a ray of sun
The promising beginning, once ’tis made
All frustrated, bewildered, is undone

We pass, and smell the sweetness of the air
We pass in conversation insincere
We pass, of grad’ual torture unaware
The hemline brushes it, it is so near

We pass a million torments every day
Which most we are unable to perceive
A million grateful debts we must repay
To celebrate our relative reprieve

My heart, grow deep and full with gratitude
And mind, pacific in thine attitude!

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Until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ and to begin once again to create professional connections and to rebuild her life, this poet presently lives homeless and at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level ~ still working to contribute to her society, however, seven days a week.

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