On Planet Earth at this moment, about one in every sixty five people is without a home.

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Recorded Reading (1:29): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rrh2aka6wow51fm53i5dk/Cherish-the-Little-Tasks.mp3?rlkey=2qlx7huljdccpvnh9es3exhbj&dl=0

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Cherish the Little Tasks

Cherish the little tasks which make a home:
The windows one must open or must close
And curtain part, or then let curtain fall
So what goes on within none other knows
And furniture escapes becoming dim
Shading the sun upon it fiery glows

Bless every single surface, every week
From which you with soft brush of feathers must
Loving more than routine attention pay
Removing its patina of new dust
The which good Fates, in beneficent mood
Have given into your maintaining trust

Give praise and give heartfelt thanksgiving for
Each little cup and spoon, each dinner plate
O’er which in sheltered comfort priv’leged are
To one another nourishment relate
E’en when to wash and then to put away
Requires the staying up a little late

Smile kindly on your stove as it you clean
And happily when mopping up the floor
Fluffing welcoming pillows on the couch
Wiping the fingerprints from your front door —
For there are many, many sorrowful
Who have no home to tend to any more

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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.

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