During upload of this recording, the poets device displayed, yet again (please ref. two other posts over as many days), a screen telling her she was offline (she was not).

Here’s what finally fixed the anomaly:

A full device restart under EMP protection.

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Recorded Reading (0:33): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0nn11o6npjqjpq0xiza96/Glorious-Despite-it-All.mp3?rlkey=1hlem8bap2aw9va3ri35kgytq&dl=0

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Glorious Despite it All

Even seen ‘neath trailing wires
And through corroded gates
Gridded by our endless fences
Background to our hurts and hates

Though the life crawling beneath
Be dim and dutiful
Glorious despite it all —
The sunset is beautiful!

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