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*My Soul Longs A Bit*

	This was a poem that was a collaboration. My Aunt Barbara Jo Bates had written 11 lines to an untitled poem, the first line being, "My soul longs a bit." I wanted to write a poem that combined her 11 lines with my own, thus creating a poem with two voices. She and I had a strained relationship. The depth of this strain was known only to she and I, until recently. Circumstances arose that required brutal honesty. The same circumstances have brought me to the conclusion I should remove the poem from here. It seems to have caused other family members to become upset. I retain a copy and will always retain a copy of the collaboration. However, it shall never be published. It was my feeling that her lines didn't stand on their own, just as mine could not stand without hers. To me it was a bond across time and healing. It created a circle in my relationship with her. She died several years ago, and except for a family publication, few of her poems have ever seen the light of day. Tres sad. I tried to give this one life here and somewhere else to the best of my ability, but it seems that others did not like that idea. I am sorry they felt upset, but I stand by my intentions and I believe that God and Barbara stand by them too. I believe it was a great work. It will now live only in my personal files. I am sorry if you did not get the chance to see it before I removed it. I believe it was a great artistic challenge to combine two voices into something completely different and I am truly proud of what it became. I do refuse, however, to have anyone else express their disapproval of this work. On that end, the matter is forever closed. For these reasons, it has been removed. Permanently.


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