Thresholds
Addition
My father taught me about numbers,
How to carry forward
What had grown too large for its column
Add the 5 to the 7
Carry forward the 10
Leaving only a 2.
It is like that,
Taking all you've come through,
Combining everything gathered and lost,
Add to the sum a little kindness
For doing the best you could
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