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the author's edited version

before the convex mirror
the image magnified
pores, craters ; defects, bigsize.
no knowledge of the sweet, the kind
no forgiveness for the sane. No points
for moderation.

whole life is no insurance plan
but made of error, laugh and pain
Exceptions there are few but as a poet
you can stand on the mighty riverbank
and scream the verses of your closeted refrain.

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Bobby Berman, died 1956 in an automobile accident before entering Harvard. 

This is Harry A, Moody; a downeaster, a biology teacher and a very funny man who departed the planet many years ago. One of my favorites. mek