Nineteen

Music: Fugue in F Minor.
By Dimitri Shostakovich.  Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Nineteen is a moment for reflection: Instead of rushing on, one stops and waits. Now one contemplates a range of fates, Even some quite likely for rejection. The future is a vista, vast and teeming, Eloquent of latitude and choice. Eventually, one must find one's voice; Now, however, there is room for dreaming.