I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGImUwKQyM
Every waking moment and in my every dream,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3Sy4Zy5oF
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrkKVI2p6k
As is still the case although the work is now done.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZEa4N1BO7
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Idealistic young lawyer,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3dVvaA24F
In his first posting as a dean,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCY5FG6SjI
In a for-profit business school,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K2uJ2LmtP
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WXLtQ8urf
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Worked very long hours,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6G0sSRbmZ
To change what was wrong,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97iGTC8eE6
Achieved great success,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmGmdPoq1J
Which all came to naught.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnys4Rhvv1J
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Made friends while tilting at windmills,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpxocEnOl0
Stubbornly refusing to accept,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRs7sXHCHdc
That which could be changed through simple hard work,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TtRr1M0ia
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIz4nXzNEbl
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A classic clash of missions and visions,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XeGWDMiqb
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtB4eZU7kli
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXeB7cWhhL
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbj5zaYKmY
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOcu1ofbem
I implemented meaningful changes,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIxbKIlozQ
That brought unintended consequences,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwRFLXIlcK
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADAhNEdb8S
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqPT791KJ7
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And I learned critical lessons,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOj9g9du1LI
Not just about an industry I did not know,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwu5RdTKBf
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iF1EddyLl
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm23ceIbxMc
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I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNyHoW6rpW
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthxHtyEmu8
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrxntKsJ1c
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBjGB6SOYA
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Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cJunV5nDj
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfkIBvyffk
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVSc8Phrp7
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGxZqVoOsu
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Scars long ago faded opened up anew,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrwZQ7v50E
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKudWBBywMM
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMI5PdVQ54D
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hmamy8uAt
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After two decades of gestation,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DzejQbJa9
I've now given birth to my first child,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenH8b17Jne
The afterbirth has been cleaned,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjO0l1Sx6G
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡth2qRSxtu6
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I fell in love with her the moment87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FEHFzpgKG
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETzAVazWF0
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLciFtKShOA
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAlCYPw5py
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Now I'm searching for a literary agent87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWcdRglpMv
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6YiWZHca7
Hoping they will love her87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSihzk9edr
But knowing they may not.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsRIqO4Fuh
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If I can't send her off to finishing school,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJQxD0GeqA
I will home school her, teach her all I know,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfFEPpY1hD
And ready her as best I can to face the world,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga1uJDwGWA
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBK0vF8n5F
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If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsiotmpGK6
In a year or so if life will allow it,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkXQguoLll
My heart is large and still has room,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnyrrnRnvA
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY0ORzSgDb
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: