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Borrowed from the Poetry Foundation, this poem by Maggie Smith (not the actress) that says it all for me <\/th><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Good Bones<\/a> By Maggie Smith<\/th><\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/th><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I\u2019ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I\u2019ll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that\u2019s a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.<\/th><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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