I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLe6zVlVQR
Every waking moment and in my every dream,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbc0RNmWwD5
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzN5dOO63x
As is still the case although the work is now done.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzVbYqBOYe
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Idealistic young lawyer,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPOTszmOY5
In his first posting as a dean,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbmHEdbFtg
In a for-profit business school,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jm8v4vb0D
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUva1646UB
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Worked very long hours,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQrm2fXvjw
To change what was wrong,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtDXj9AGh9
Achieved great success,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gJkABCcz8
Which all came to naught.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDS93yDmdw
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Made friends while tilting at windmills,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyh0GVleMh
Stubbornly refusing to accept,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpyB6YXObc
That which could be changed through simple hard work,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTlv4cfRkS
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslhph1ITyU
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A classic clash of missions and visions,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiusDRaw5Fc
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWinNzKETGy
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtoZnzRjtr
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3cdwS9dtU
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I implemented meaningful changes,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1HXBk9OV9
That brought unintended consequences,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwctyIDXmkD
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wLRFvfzGU
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4q58d5ED1
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And I learned critical lessons,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLrFtcquFi
Not just about an industry I did not know,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjlKnxg8Ic
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF99v9EjBg
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFTHYvAdqN
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I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0x2Lmq98kM
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbf0u0u9V7g
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡma8wPt2ATo
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPt9XstnK4
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Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOE2BcuH4nT
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILgpf1MdQu
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyNNquxyBt
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkA9pptbPp
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Scars long ago faded opened up anew,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQHjQiBQMp
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMm4JwKYpP
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOhp6C5nAH
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZuO6oxCzX
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After two decades of gestation,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglsU9SHlUW
I've now given birth to my first child,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFf27p5cPwv
The afterbirth has been cleaned,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7k8nXMVhW
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLgMe2z43H
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I fell in love with her the moment161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlORYKpvquf
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1BxCU10z1
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVCeepTqlQ
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbniB3D7kO
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Now I'm searching for a literary agent161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjh2a34hTe
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBbhWOusQe
Hoping they will love her161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwcHUszfGG
But knowing they may not.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUml5lXIbb
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If I can't send her off to finishing school,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCThSmFArHQ
I will home school her, teach her all I know,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAdvieg525
And ready her as best I can to face the world,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRCiVYXf4K
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3Ix9Y6jSc
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If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8JOBEr9Es
In a year or so if life will allow it,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBINWxw3Y3T
My heart is large and still has room,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03idPDd7sr
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUADFT9iD8
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: