Employment shenanigans and April!poem

[flyakate]

I was to busy/stressed yesterday to remember to post a poem, oops. BUT the demo lesson that I had this morning went well, I think. And here is a poem for today!

Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward by Gwendolyn Brooks

Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
"even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night."
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.

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I got to see her speak when I was in high school, I remember she read We Real Cool. Amazing.

Now, seeing as I only got about 4ish hours of sleep, I must nap. Or something.