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Also lacking in immediate, or: Also lacking in immediate, or any other kind of, charm, I can certainly relate to this.

always striving to find: always striving to find poetry in those mundane, painfully slow moments. .thanks for reading

I'm still waiting to find: I'm still waiting to find out, but I think it turned out well. The last time I turned in a paper, for a different instructor, I lost points on stupid things. I'm hoping this instructor has more fair grading practices.

always good to have steady: always good to have steady work and money coming in. May you and yours stay blessed this holiday season

This guy had many prior: This guy had many prior arrests for public intoxication, one DUI conviction, and has just been arrested again after being observed walking home from a bar. He's on probation already. The reality is he'd be picked up on a PO hold and released again as soon as possible, usually the next day or Monday. Fortunately, with my paper to be written as though I am his social worker, I was able to come up with some options for rehabilitation that would benefit him and help get him on the right track.

That is a very gracious: That is a very gracious reply, and I deeply appreciate the courtesy of your response. At the beginning of my senior year in high school, more decades ago than I care to admit, a racial remark. made casually in the lunchroom, ignited a full out riot which required police intervention in our small rural village.  Once that had been quelled, a good many of us students became pro-active and realized that honest freedom of speech could sometimes result in hurt feelings; or, even worse, in the eruption of violence, either individually or by groups.  I had been bullied for the two years prior for being deemed as "different," so I knew what it was like to be on the receiving end of the unrestrained exercize of "free speech."   I leanred quickly that not every thought articulated by the brain deserves to be pronounced by the mouth, or published by the pen (or the laptop, or whatever).  We students placed the peacefulness of our high school campus above the need to enjoy our first amendment rights. That is why I made my original comment.  While I respect your right to post whatever poems you wish, I also think that PostPoems is a community and not just a posting site, and for the sake of the community, not everything that wants to be said needs to be said. And if this comment is too long, too verbose, or causes you offense in any way, please feel free to delete it.  I consider the ability to comment as a privilege, not a right, and you have the final decision as to what comments remain attached to your poems.