Work Hardening

Francesca Singer
Nov 3 · 1 min read
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I will tell you the truth,
which is that:

I don’t want to look at what
you’ve done
and have it look effortless.

Neither do I need for you
to suffer:
to bleed or weep in doing.

Everyone is asking you to make it
look easy, as if
you were born
doing it.

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Francesca Singer

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Freelance Writer. Feminist former farmer. American immigrant in France. Dangling in the middle of the endless tug of war between tragedy and comedy.

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