“To have the good fortune to know your good fortune and so know good fortune indeed”–rarely does an opening come to me so strongly. This would not let go until I finished the piece. I rarely title these, but this one demanded to be called “Blessing”–for obvious reasons.
Mark told me that on my birthday, he was approached by someone with a very hard luck story. He thought about what I’d do, and gave the guy a $20 bill. That made me feel so understood, and so appreciated.
Bush had just “won” re-election. As I was writing this, I wasn’t at all sure how it would come out. I kind of surprised myself with the ending.
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