I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMlbaZPTi5
Every waking moment and in my every dream,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQChokL80r8
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhYFL9In0i
As is still the case although the work is now done.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SGDs7RiI1
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Idealistic young lawyer,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFPgejwoOv
In his first posting as a dean,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY8W48zEaH
In a for-profit business school,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcPgEKsQzI
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptGapSuJ3Z
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Worked very long hours,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjA6TGTI0vi
To change what was wrong,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJB1DlCiJR
Achieved great success,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXoGehJbet
Which all came to naught.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX59HSb7hBz
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Made friends while tilting at windmills,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVD6Ewc0XM
Stubbornly refusing to accept,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGcC0mltf7
That which could be changed through simple hard work,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPtOuBoPf8
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuv8LTECkzF
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A classic clash of missions and visions,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdKlUYJxzI
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzM8g0sL0ej
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWgwgEWPIX
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71XeLc17LM
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I implemented meaningful changes,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMMFI3p76U
That brought unintended consequences,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzNd8rBoE2
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBNNrLNStL
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmS5j26Xxe
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And I learned critical lessons,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOV7kTaTi2p
Not just about an industry I did not know,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVQJRWIAWk
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOkRTjgHYE
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToNLLqXQwy
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I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8TdOOVhAI
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXgNcUjLY6
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGYkozlaRG
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gAL8nInve
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Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuwubpPgjf
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpKTI1Zph8
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVeei9xn00
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYuNmUd9j2
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Scars long ago faded opened up anew,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuRCvHChra
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BwsZYjpoW
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WrIS6mX4F
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJzeLEeqKU
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After two decades of gestation,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaRCxxWw8K
I've now given birth to my first child,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNC5yQTZBu
The afterbirth has been cleaned,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡul7zne255f
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjagU2PAYEX
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I fell in love with her the moment123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNSkjMJi6y
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhuLjkcE8L
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bjpgq5UVK
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9N3VEfb7T
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Now I'm searching for a literary agent123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrJmN6O7wr
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8UVwHQ5S1
Hoping they will love her123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yBZoeRFa6
But knowing they may not.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1u5VtWu0Hj
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If I can't send her off to finishing school,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3dPxOmpY8
I will home school her, teach her all I know,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlk39aNdEhm
And ready her as best I can to face the world,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpN06x1Cd7
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8D7Z1KqKE9
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If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6p6D1mvfM8
In a year or so if life will allow it,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cRZ3XsfXj
My heart is large and still has room,123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhOBWwpd3c
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla8CQ4ZzOD
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: