Patience
How time collapses
even the longest
held dream – that
trip to Italy
or the stilted
studio to the
barn’s rear, or
even the first
book and its
publication to early
acclaim by age
forty, fifty, sixty…
“Patience” first appeared here in October 2018.
O at the Edges 
I know the feeling!
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The timeline has been revised to “before I die.” 🙂
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That’s my revised timeline as well.
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Wish there was a love button – I love this and can exactly relate!
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I still like to believe that opportunities will come our way!
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You know, I think they will – and look at your recent Slipstream chapbook honour – that’s a yaay!
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The last eighteen months have been kind to me!
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