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Thank you for your empathy: Thank you for your empathy and understandin. Poverty is, and most probably  has always been, a political choice.

"When the misery is still: "When the misery is still there But no longer defines you   What is that called?"   The definition is new every morning, but always something a little better than yesterday.    There's so much power tucked into this relatable expression of struggle and those small victories that add up to ultimate triumph. I love the way you acknowledge this truth by spotlighting the way you get out of bed anyway and celebrate the tiny miracles that you do have in your life.   An inspiring example of growth, and as ewbonitz said, "acceptance".  

Joining you in protest: Joining you in protest against the neo-nazi style practice of book banning that is flagrantly being practiced in our nation. We absolutely should rail against it because, as you very eloquently proclaimed:    " a book has no ability to make us think to stir our imagination… no power to inspire… when it is closed."   A well-penned call to keep books (and minds) open. 

The great British actor,: The great British actor, Peter Cushing, had a very devout Faith, which helped him deal with the passing of his beloved wife.  When, during an interview, a journalist told him, "I'm sorry for your loss," he replied, courteously and with a smile, "I haven't lost her, I know exactly where she is.  She just isn't right here at the moment."  I think he also believed that being apart from our deceased loved ones is like being on the same railroad but in different depots and on different trains, but all headed to a great destination.  Sometime after her passing, botanists in England cultivated a new species of Rose, and named it for Helen Cushing.

The beauty of this series, a: The beauty of this series, a beauty well demonstrated in this entry, is that it is both the sum of its parts, and more than the sum of its parts.  By the sum of its parts, I mean that so many of your statements or phrases could stand independently as aphorisms---a mighty fine talent to have (and one I baldly lack, therefore I admire it the more in those who have it).  But then, they all work together to become each entry, which then become the whole series---so this is the aspect that is more than the sum of its parts.

No excuse is possible for: No excuse is possible for this late of a response to acknowledge your complimentary comment.

This reminds me so much of: This reminds me so much of weekend nights with my First Beloved during the summer of 1976; the words of your poem brought all those memories to the forefront.