Fifty-Three, Well Armed with Expertise

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Fifty-three, well armed with expertise,
Invades the sacred precincts of a grant.
Funding anxiously awaits her smile,
The lifeblood of a promising idea.
Yet much debris must first be cleared away.

There may be some tough moments in her day,
Hard-edged talk as she makes problems clear,
Revisions that she phrases for the file.
Even so, she knows what both sides want:
Each to give each child a gift that frees.

Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.

Audio and Video Music: Bittersweet.
By SYBS. Music free to use at YouTube.