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There is no way I would have written these poems had I not come back.

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By that I mean, honest and not trying to amplify some mythological version of myself.
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Amplify Honest Mean Myself Mythological Trying Version
One of the things I took from the show was emotional possibility.
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Emotional One Possibility Show Thing Took
I never thought I would type that I learned how to emote in poems from watching Star Trek but there it is.
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Emote Learned never Poem Though Type Watching
It made me want to change the kinds of poems I was writing, but I’m terrible at writing overtly political poems.
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Change Made Poem Political Terrible Writing
The contrasts between the haves and have-nots is so complicated.
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Between Complicated Contrast Have Not
I had to find a way to be more honest about what happened. And it wasn’t fun to write, even though the poems aren’t 100% autobiographical.
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Autobiographical Enough Happened Honest More Poem
That was one of things that surprised me so much when I was writing the poems.
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Much One People Struggle Surprised Thing Writing Writing. Poem
But fortunately there are also really excellent human beings all over the place, too. So it’s about perception and balance sometimes I think.
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Balance Excellent Fortunately Over Perception Place Sometimes
I wanted to be like Spock because he was unflappable.
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Like Spock Unflappable Wanted
I was a poor, geeky black kid in Indianapolis. There is nothing mythological about that.
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Black Country Geeky Kid Mythological Nothing Poor
It was in the air somehow. That ownership of bigotry. I hadn’t seen it since I was a kid.
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Air Bigotry Kid Ownership Since Somehow
I was always casting about for role models as a kid and the Star Trek was always available via reruns and also full of possibilities.
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Always Available Casting Character Emotional Kid Model Possibilities Rerun Role Star
So while I loved not being hungry and having new gear, etc. I missed the sounds of my neighbors and the kind of generosity people who are struggling together often show.
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Generosity Hungry Loved MIssed Neighbour Show Sound Struggling Together
I was fortunate enough to get a job at my alma mater, which brought me back to Indiana after being gone for twenty years.
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Alma Circumstance Enough Fortunate Get Gone Home Indiana Being Job Mater
I wanted to be like Kirk because he had magnetism and the ladies loved him.
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Kirk Ladies Like Love Magnetism Wanted
Because before that I wasn’t thinking about systems or food insecurity or whatever.
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Before Food Insecurity System Thinking

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