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A-muse, my horse for a muse

A-muse, my horse for a muse

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Cynthia Bagley
May 12, 2014
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I used to have a muse. He used to visit me in the late 90s, while I was trying to write term papers. I would think in academic papers, which by the way has an rigid form. My mind would rebel and a few really good poems would leak through my ears when I was trying to get some sleep.

I would finally after being nagged for thirty minutes or more climb out o…

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