I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcb9F1idrH0
Every waking moment and in my every dream,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbJKsPwwpE
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdwdMCZA6Y
As is still the case although the work is now done.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0uECLWlBR
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Idealistic young lawyer,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQGrnu8En1
In his first posting as a dean,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39uxf4uvFf
In a for-profit business school,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPLb2OzYMm
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgPjFHgq4e
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0REiHj8dXL
Worked very long hours,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztk4iuwESG
To change what was wrong,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3PfCTm7na
Achieved great success,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aSNx2h1db
Which all came to naught.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeMXGdKA0u
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Made friends while tilting at windmills,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLnO95hq5X
Stubbornly refusing to accept,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8jqIFjusX
That which could be changed through simple hard work,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdzDpSCPcH
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX38wbFecMN
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A classic clash of missions and visions,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSm8OxQegc
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2tMgnvC0Q
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaMthL2QWV
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbPjIpQxWo
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMGyKF3IYR
I implemented meaningful changes,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpba1ZoqjVr
That brought unintended consequences,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwhLQLKKHm
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqMCVnX3bB
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1m7uOfZBz
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVtfOAmGMi
And I learned critical lessons,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFJYd4wGss
Not just about an industry I did not know,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLknFd0hCz
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSU1qM0RMWm
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JN1aRsieD
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I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAAeW5KaBd
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ2zhpP6WD
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcR8W6K9RA
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqo5USkGQU
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Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyuuVEYhja
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GKyDvUHtH
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8s6Ydy0ua
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdrDoGXNok
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Scars long ago faded opened up anew,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwm5ZBV7P5
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1wiRqhEYM
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyU16v5jHv
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXnEO4bGY1
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqiBR7Z4qi
After two decades of gestation,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg2GdTyE6v
I've now given birth to my first child,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaLXaD9TP7
The afterbirth has been cleaned,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2jQD7ZTvd
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vo9mgtTIE
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I fell in love with her the moment87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBrQcAguEB
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSnc9U8VJV
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPo1Vz2v6f
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlx6UsBwc2C
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7l6TfM1I2
Now I'm searching for a literary agent87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEplJDVKBJ4
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQv7px7WB0
Hoping they will love her87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8Eo7ZH76R
But knowing they may not.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCoaDjPbIH
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If I can't send her off to finishing school,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6Qj2aMNt3
I will home school her, teach her all I know,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4moo3xslP
And ready her as best I can to face the world,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvbLOHhTwK
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z5OzQ6Au7
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If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHGd9wf7zW
In a year or so if life will allow it,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRR0dD9I6k
My heart is large and still has room,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E3fhIuFsL
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNGmZHWZhP
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: