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Maybe the World is the Real Poem

 

-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

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  4. This made me think of when my third child was born and I quit working, to a shower of questions along the lines of “For how long?” and “When will you be back?” and “Do you have a plan?”

    I wish I had had the line “maybe just looking and listening/is the real work” to quote in response.