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Recorded Reading (1:44): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mwrtspfi4lm91ukjrdxyo/Works-Today.mp3?rlkey=tflwad4whnilx3jl0rcs7t2cf&dl=0

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This poet has willingly accepted the compromises here described in order to have the surroundings she needs to continue her work ~ something no shelter or assisted government housing can provide.

Tragically, even the acceptance of many serious personal hardships for this purpose is about to be made illegal among us.

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Works Today

I remember creamy sauces
Elegant surrounds
Muted conversations
Sweet musical sounds

I remember Beauty
And her sister, Graciousness
I remember soft and light
Silken summer dress

Remember when by cultural
Presentations brought to weep
And many the delightful
Possessions which were mine to keep

I remember little gifts
Given and received by me
When life a little lighter was
Made with some variety

Those times are past, referred
By me as those which came before
Perhaps those pleasures I won’t know
Ever any more

I cannot deny
My happiness, sweet if and when
All those gentle luxuries
Become mine again,

But I can do without those things
Right now, it’s okay
For I have what is needed
To do my proper Work today

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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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