Our Women’s History Month celebration would hardly be complete without the queen of them all, Cleopatra!

We offer a nine poem series.

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Recorded Reading (1:12): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v5k6kkdlusw5xso9kye5u/cleo-six.mp3?rlkey=pxj5lgwnw4da47c2x2tikrd54&dl=0

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cleo six

she said
i did have a knack
for power

i learned

the thing about it is:
it is wielded most effectively
when at rest

resting
in ones power
correctly
makes it necessary to stand in it
but seldom
and briefly

reputation
precedes us

that way
one never finds oneself caught
in a running firefight
in which one might have to do some
real damage

leave them at liberty
to worry about it
they defeat themselves

for which you get
if you are resting in your power aright:
a reclining seat

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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.

Arts patrons may visit http://www.UgiftABLE.com , using code #72D-31S, or choose to send a personal check to the poet’s ABLE account. It takes about two weeks for the poet to be notified of your patronage.

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