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In This Present Begun
Not grabbing
but reaching
Not pushing
but pulling
Not telling
but listening
Not beginning
or done
Not mad
but then joyful
Not sad
but then hopeful
Not before
or then after
In this present
—begun
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
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"In This Present Begun" Poetry.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2019. Web. 10 Dec. 2019. <https://www.poetry.net/poem/46837/in-this-present-begun>.