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Recorded Reading (1:19): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hs6a4doa38ked3khmrz2u/remind-me-my-friend.mp3?rlkey=lu7oofawr7jjg2v4ty1f0rc4c&dl=0

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remind me my friend

of what an
idiot i am
willya

that i’ve met
more deserving people
cleaning my floors and toilets

remind me
of what i don’t know:
everything

of souls still today
paying a terrible price
for the ground i stand on now

let me not forget
that i am not worthy to kiss the feet
of those who kiss my feet

i am thanks giving
for all the gifts i have been given
by asking for one more gift

take some of these others
away but leave me
if i may please

only be worthy to
have it left a little
humility

don’t, somehow
let the smiles of good fortune
turn my head

away from
equally deserving, equally
miraculous blades of grass

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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 seven days a week to contribute to her society, however.

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