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Recorded Reading (0:59): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dqw2e5s7q64lvi7cuohtn/How-Fortunate.mp3?rlkey=s1k1n49ni7cvkbtgx8a31hlap&dl=0

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How Fortunate

Happy is he or she has known despair!
The ordinary takes on it a rosy glow
Which those who’ve breathed in soft and fragrant air
For all their lucky lives but seldom know

A smile instead of endless contumely,
A cup of coffee in the dawning light —
These common gifts full of true wonder be!
From simple sunshine take intense delight,

From strolling out the mellow evening in,
From priveledge to do our proper work —
No more persuasion need we to begin,
No added incentive, no further perk

Who need not look to history afar
To see how fortunate we present are

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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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