Today's poem is by Dara Barrois/Dixon

difficult lovable people
       

Faithful, up to a point
loving, for the most part
equal to some tasks, quixotic
visionary chivalrous champion
quicksilver particle
true, everywhere, here
everything, rare, all now
not, false, not, undecided
no, victim of wholesale realism
extremely difficult lovable people
demanding a steep sort of love
for verily this veil
drives away
all sorrow and one's instincts
may not serve one's survival
though may yet serve

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