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| Someone you trusted has treated you bad. |
| Someone has used you to vent their ill temper. |
| Did you expect anything different? |
| Your work--better than some others'--has languished, |
| neglected. Or a job you tried was too hard, |
| and you failed. Maybe weather or bad luck |
| spoiled what you did. That grudge, held against you |
| for years after you patched up, has flared, |
| and you've lost a friend for a time. Things |
| at home aren't so good; on the job your spirits |
| have sunk. But just when the worst bears down |
| you find a pretty bubble in your soup at noon, |
| and outside at work a bird says, "Hi!" |
| Slowly the sun creeps along the floor; |
| it is coming your way. It touches your shoe. |
