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Recorded Reading (1:50): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/x2zmy08ep1z4cd172zpv3/A-Moment.mp3?rlkey=gafvjtn6xmmv3uloe3bd3tieo&st=lvvmy2v9&dl=0

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A Moment

It doesn’t take more than a moment
A single sweet smile to share
Shiny eyed and genuine
While you’re standing there

The checkout grocery line in,
The crowd at DMV,
The other mother at recital,
Passing strangers that you see

It says, ” You know, I’ve been there too”
“I’m not so different from you”
It says “Inside, we are the same
In every nation we can name”

It says, “You have some company
In incompatibility
Manifests occas’ionally
With prevailing reality”

“I can tell you you’re not crazy
If your grip’s a little hazy
In a world sometimes so strange
We can’t seem to our thoughts arrange!”

“Not to worry, not to fret:
You’re not off the table yet;
If they just can’t take your Self
Come and join me on my shelf!”

Or it asks, “You finding you
Have got a choice between just two
Prospects, when put in review,
Seem like neither one will do?”

“You should see my own just now
I’ve been mulling over how
Manage to make either win ~
You’re not alone your pickle in!”

“Not alone,” that’s what it says,
“No, you have company
No matter briefly passing
Its moment here might be,

“It comes from, and it goes back to,
The selfsame bright Eternity
From which we also came,
To which return, identic’ly

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