Begin with Rejection
it keeps remarkably well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add an Instrument
and enough Stubbornness
to continue when nobody calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fold in bad Hotels,
good Strangers,
and a Piano
with one Key clapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season with Luck
sparingly.
Rarely in stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Practice until the Hands
know more than you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bake beneath Stage Lights
until Success and Failure
become difficult to distinguish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serve to whoever comes\u2014
Two Hundred,
Twenty,
or Seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked the secret,
say there wasn’t one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You simply kept
the Oven on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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