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Recorded Reading (1:01): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1edmtvt4naii7etk7grth/Now-That-You-Have-What-You-Wished-For.mp3?rlkey=ghrg5548l9a1uq611z7ejvs3y&dl=0

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Now That You Have What You Wished For

Remember when you were but small
And knew if you could just be tall
You’d be on top of it all

When you could go from here to there,
Spend your precious minutes where
You wished, nor constantly beware

Of limitations parental,
When all your days and nights were full
Of acts to you amenable

Choosing what you wish to wear,
Whether care or not to care
About things others of beware

Hanging out with people who,
Sympathetic to your view,
See life similarly too

Buy what you would buy and own
Independent, sovreign grown —
A pleasure you had never known?

Now you have each longed-for thing
Happy maturity bring —
Do you let them make your heart sing?

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This poet presently lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

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