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Recorded Reading (2:07): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/92sm3dnznu41xb4bh59g2/Times-New-Standard.mp3?rlkey=z6h4rd30r7grd61okdsd5cp01&dl=0

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The Times New Standard

It’s not that in the past
One sometimes didn’t “have to lie”
It’s now those standards of
Old measurement do not apply

If when the separation
Oncoming ascension of
It’s with the Indigo and starseed,
The avatars of love,

Anticipate we rising,
Then just like all the rest
Our inner conscientiousness
We’ll find put to the test

If at this time we stubborn prove
To old emotions’ habits cling
It isn’t like we’ll never
Make it there or anything,

It only means with many other
Spirits we will have to wait
Anxious and in suffering
Before that golden gate

Among us now, the first wave of
New standards now apply
Like a crispy set of garments
On unaccustomed selves we try

Unguarded trust, perpetually
Renewed gratitude,
A diligent constant review
Of inner attitude —

These are the habits which must come
So nat’urally to us
They fail to inwardly create
Even the shadow of a fuss

One thing the time is over for
And that’s be here and there —
In power-over mode one minute
And the next aware

It’s we who asked among the first
To of the new dimension be
Required to be meticulous
Around accountability,

Truly disinterested
Community participation
For the common good,
Thoroughness of intention —

So welcome we each other
Every day just like the rest
Just like the ancient holidays
Supposed to be our best

Every day is Christmas
Every day is Halloween
Every day our birthday is
And all the days left in between

We bring ourselves to celebrate
Without reserve the nearness of
Our brothers and our sisters
Precious sources of true love

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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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