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instead find a brand-new pen</p><p id="ee05">I did not know that I owned</p><p id="4591">Beside this was a scrap of paper</p><p id="9bc8">well suited for its ink</p><p id="a92b">Was this luck</p><p id="83fa">Was this chance</p><p id="9c88">Was this divine intervention</p><p id="fbaa">or is it my carelessness</p><p id="dd40">misplacing a pen</p><p id="7dd7">that could have been more useful to me</p><p id="fd9b">years ago in my studies</p><p id="3c87">months ago in my studies</p><p id="c3a2">or perhaps last week</p><p id="3697">Should I waste my ink</p><p id="42f2">with this?</p><p id="a1ce">Ink may serve more importantly elsewhere</p><p id="b3f9">I cannot be patient until</p><p id="4ae5">I decide</p><p id="e024">Was this discovery</p><p id="5fd3">out of my control</p><p id="97e0">out of my power</p><p id="02b4">was it due to the fog</p><p id="a987">in which my thoughts travel</p><p id="7e08">Whose fault is this?</p><p id="7024"></p><p id="f8ea">MAS (poems)</p><div id="71e4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/will-i-remember-e6fca4cb5b0c"> <div> <div> <h2>Will I Remember</h2> <div><h3>contemporaneous poem from Yosemite 10.17.19</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div styl

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Whose Fault Is This?

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It seemed to me some sort of sign

although many see things that are mere coincidence

and perceive them as they wish for them to be

I myself, I think

have misconstrued some of my past observances

as proofs of reasoning

proofs of discovery

proofs of love

truly, one can never know

what is a sign and what is not

one will determine something

the Act of a higher power

Another will see the event as their own creation

whatever is true,

I don’t know

I only want to figure it out

which of the options is it

that I have chosen

Only then will I feel

at peace

I searched to find

writings from my past

but instead find a brand-new pen

I did not know that I owned

Beside this was a scrap of paper

well suited for its ink

Was this luck

Was this chance

Was this divine intervention

or is it my carelessness

misplacing a pen

that could have been more useful to me

years ago in my studies

months ago in my studies

or perhaps last week

Should I waste my ink

with this?

Ink may serve more importantly elsewhere

I cannot be patient until

I decide

Was this discovery

out of my control

out of my power

was it due to the fog

in which my thoughts travel

Whose fault is this?

MAS (poems)

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