In 2002 I wrote down this poem about self respect which had been kicking around in my head for a while:
The text is as exact a transcription as possible of my hand-written original. This is the second-to-last poem in the book I used to keep all my poems in. The last one, for what it is worth, was written on a scrap of paper and taped in.
In 2003 I started writing poems on my computer or in my email and keeping them there.
As sometimes happens, writing it down did not stop it from running around in my head. I had to write it down again for it's 10th Anniversary (give or take a few months.) It came out slightly different.
