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Bea a Reader

 For several years once a month in the summer I gave away books on the farmer's market.  We were part of care-a-van so there were other resources available for the community.  People offered money at times.  People donated books to me.  I got rid of a good portion of my books from university.  Those books I would stack up at the end of the semester and they were always taller than my daughter. My son helped me most of the time and I was doing it mostly for him.  We found a internship there he had all through high school.  The botanical garden's revamped Green Corps was in the booth next to us one Saturday.  People all came and acted as they thought everyone did.  Everyone responded different to the books.  People have a confidence with books.  They think they know what they are. Some could not believe they were all free.  We just told people there was a one book minimum.  Some people really needed to be convinced to t...
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No Road Ahead

There are more endings than beginnings The road ends more than it starts I thought that there would only be one One of the first questions I remember Where does the road end?   Where is the end of the road? I lived along it was one place I started There are rivers in the air Also now highways Desperate people now crossing the darien gap Just sixty miles the road had failed to reach Impassable for most What is that I can do What is that I may do They are building a road across the gap with their feet
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Vocabulary

She caught my attention from down the street I was headed to her side East 9th and Euclid All this crosstown traffic She recognized me first I just knew she was interesting Couldn't get to her headed to the other side She got to me this smile upon her face We were no longer neighbors she informed me We walked the short way to Playhouse square She walked faster than I would But she wanted me along We talked about her work We talked about the terrible robot arms There was a junior involved she said Homeless camping on each floor Maintenance walked in on her naked They thought she was already gone Ai image creation got nothing on me There were certain words involved I listened I believed I didn't know what to do Boyfriend is a singularly ugly word She told me to come see her on Prospect They read my paper fortune all day the same You are lucky
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My Way

 Life surprised my father He sounded like he didn't believe it It was the best day of his life He was older than I think I will ever be I remember thinking I would not be surprised Best days come along even if you don't believe in them This is the way life started All at once
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My Way

The best day of my life is not a static thing You have to have sleep or oxytocin
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Slavic Studies

Easier to go places on bus people don't go to busses on I surprised myself She wanted to join the black panthers They told her to go find her own We all have our own What we reap is what we sow Real leadership considers what other leaders would bring This talent few had Lifted it up off the floor We knew each other before Certain things take decades to fall in place Human things I could see it in her This child of two continents
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EC

Not the first war zone I have worked in They are not how you would expect them to be The smartest children are born in war Because the community is pulled together Shared trauma is like a sweatshirt holding you tight 
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