that strange phenomenon
of the speaker who, when finished,
marches quickly off the stage,
unable to rest with how they have been apprehended,
unable to face how it is that they have handled
a significant moment of authority,
fearful of a sea of skeptical gazes,
or perhaps, more likely,
of praise and applause...
...the strange phenomenon of the speaker
who willingly assumes a position of authority
while primarily still concerned with their own wretchedness
of the speaker who, when finished,
marches quickly off the stage,
unable to rest with how they have been apprehended,
unable to face how it is that they have handled
a significant moment of authority,
fearful of a sea of skeptical gazes,
or perhaps, more likely,
of praise and applause...
...the strange phenomenon of the speaker
who willingly assumes a position of authority
while primarily still concerned with their own wretchedness
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