The last time someone hurt my feelings
was in 1964. I was seventeen.
A member of the college radio station
I wanted to become a member of
said I might be the first candidate flung
(rejected) for trying too hard.
After I cried, all night I wondered –
what did it mean to try too hard?
Did I need to care less?
well, we know that answer, don't we? I was more
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Provocative.