Lessons From Neal

As a poet
you need a profession
beyond the written word

Neal Hall
 an ophthalmologist
Robert Burns once farmed unheard
 
One hand to feed
the other
as labor stakes its claim

Before
the words were uttered
— the genesis of fame

(Lessons From Neal: October, 2016)
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