The master extended an offer that his student could not refuse:
\nTo be the master’s partner, his colleague, his muse.<\/p>\n
An Oscar in the students’ field, this offer should have proved
\nHe was a bonafide professional–his skills had successfully improved. <\/p>\n
But the student protected his dreams with self-deprecating humor,
\nPoking fun at his work in case failure wasn’t just his rumor.<\/p>\n
He did not take his dreams seriously,
\nSo they evaporated mysteriously,
\nAnd now he just imagines what he could have been, deliriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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