I don’t seek
\nan exception<\/p>\n
Not when others
\nfar more deserving than me
\nespecially those
\nfor whom I would have yearned it
\nimmeasurably more
\nthan for me
\nhave been denied
\nan exception<\/p>\n
It may be that
\nlike gasping for breath
\ngrasping an exception
\nwould be beyond me to resist<\/p>\n
But I refute it thus:
\nthere are things neither fortune
\nnor providence
\ncan ever mend<\/p>\n
Begone with your exceptions<\/p>\n
Bargain with more superstitious
\nsuperficial souls
\nwho still imagine
\nfate’s focus
\nis them<\/p>\n
I know now that
\nit’s not about me
\nand that’s as it should be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don’t seek an exception Not when others far more deserving than me especially those for whom I would have yearned it immeasurably more than for me have been denied an exception It may be that like gasping for breath grasping an exception would be beyond me to resist But I refute it thus: there … <\/p>\n