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[rayheinrich]

Wow! Unexpected colour, nice. I like the poem too, especially '... the joyful places
                                             
                                               the bright connections'

Those are my favorite lines as well.

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The poem makes me think of the need to be accepted to be part of something established, for some reason I see it as a couple moving to a new country trying to fit in. Last two lines are great they add a dimension that reads of socialising having a good time found that uplifting as it's much more than a need to fit in. My only nit would be I wanted to know more of the out come. Nice pic too Ray. Best Keith

Yes. I wrote this after visiting a child with terminal cancer; seeing another
in the room as well. So now you know the outcome. I know this doesn't come across
in the poem. I couldn't actually get the literal version of the poem to work, so I settled
for this more abstract edited-down version. Damn poems.