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Recorded Reading (1:45): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sfjga5906t3d0zhpx8xd6/Dedication.mp3?rlkey=agzdb68d7pkssxvtwx5pa35j0&dl=0

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Dedication

A poet writes of everything
At Muse’s behest
Not stopping to recuse herself
For mere self-interest

Conflict, resolution,
That poet’s readers need to know —
Not something appreciated
Much by those who find they go

In the brill’iant limelight
Of posterity
When they start to walking
The road of life with me

This poet joys their prowess in,
Celebrates their bold
Accomplishments this world within,
And folks feel that they have been told

Nothing but the truth
Of which they so deserving be
Unadorned by any
Speaker generosity

But when such see recorded,
Right along with hers,
More awkward and off-center times
To which some of her work refers

Then it is completely
The other way around —
Injustice has then doubtless been
By her ignorance found

She cannot be expected
To appreciate
Finer points of life among
The civilized and great

She wonders if they notice
She seldom puts a name upon
Those disturbing moments
She’s commenting on

Most of the dedications
This poet ever makes
Have only in them what to make
Happiness it takes

She’ll continue writing
She’ll continue sing
About both good and bad in life —
About everything

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