I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMxoHppFVz
Every waking moment and in my every dream,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa8zEY0qQl
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YTNB6H870
As is still the case although the work is now done.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBK8u4ZOXb
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Idealistic young lawyer,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTKwzxPBdL
In his first posting as a dean,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbbpxJ1Pvq
In a for-profit business school,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABRL7cmjRB
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h4VgBxnDd
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSPT5ukxNM
Worked very long hours,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwp1XXycFg
To change what was wrong,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07l2J8RcWx
Achieved great success,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5crxKankVZ
Which all came to naught.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1X25NzPRQ8
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Made friends while tilting at windmills,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlbAkSAhY9
Stubbornly refusing to accept,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUPKQZBNTX
That which could be changed through simple hard work,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCERoZHOlr
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1LOINMNN7
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A classic clash of missions and visions,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg1yvDvq1s
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVJ0LDCm8q
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ukqLqAGv5
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2h3S3Rmpz
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXooENcWEqY
I implemented meaningful changes,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFT3rgnZIZ
That brought unintended consequences,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiqEAW5PMm
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQvobp8YN5
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebb1zmf6kZ
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANYHUEZg15
And I learned critical lessons,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe5fnWbYfG
Not just about an industry I did not know,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX8dJstg68
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpggMwUlNE
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MwSJVMQdp
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I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXZagodJ81
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG6y7CVnvG
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpsZ5zBMyy
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mCD5uEhbE
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Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuzCScqJqA
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMX9VPYPJ9
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8IJQPXleh
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc599L7Rvgm
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Scars long ago faded opened up anew,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriAYayQkVK
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEsswj3ugd
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cC9PifUAo
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmw7rRsnZrf
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IFbG3chyh
After two decades of gestation,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnjW3jJUlk
I've now given birth to my first child,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8wBv6HD9z
The afterbirth has been cleaned,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC1DOK3HcE
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGyCUZSxtd
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I fell in love with her the moment87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5vfyaFe2c
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVB1F9WF9dt
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHV4ObIZY5
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbZWVcslnc
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIgeHIxhzs
Now I'm searching for a literary agent87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uoxCrX6PH
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG172l6RHk
Hoping they will love her87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkh3rGVXXu
But knowing they may not.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu0HB1yI66
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If I can't send her off to finishing school,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3tFgxMudB
I will home school her, teach her all I know,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyjDlWgPWQ
And ready her as best I can to face the world,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKvvvXV1sP
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLduf3VZNcy
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If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFMrgCcTmH
In a year or so if life will allow it,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xBu8exLcj
My heart is large and still has room,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1bDjjFOSd
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9zi0ol1af
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: