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Recorded Reading (1:58): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1q5kfwupghgx1rm4b924b/A-Poet-May-Very-Well-Be.mp3?rlkey=kjeu0npfh6b5xhtxhwofh5z01&dl=0

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A Poet May Very Well Be

A poet may very well forget
The date or time

For concentrating
On the pulse of an age
And the rhythms
Of the eons

A poet may walk a little in the wrong direction
On even an alphabetical street grid

But is able to guide you
Responsibly
Through unfamiliar universes
And reliably safe back again
Unimploded

A poet may not
Remember your earthly name

But knows those of your guardian angels
Very well indeed

May not always properly place the
Temporary face
You happen to wear in this life

But understands who you
Really are
Sometimes better than
You yourself have dared to know it

A poet may very well remain oblivious to
Practically everything you see

Yet see so much that you do not
That even a poet
Lacks the way to explain it all

A poet may be all those things

And still be
Exactly
As should be

Very well

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