Fay Slimm - Taking the Plunge.

Once gold is created from common straw
Scribe's wordy power proves worthy of call.
Poetic expresson, absent before
Brings eloquent phrase to primitive form.

Construction of verse makes art as its end.
Accepting the gift means taking the stand.
Acquiring the Muse is gaining a friend.
Having taken the plunge, have pen to hand.

Fay Slimm

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