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Myra Infante

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Myra Infante lives and teaches in South Texas.

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Margins and Seams

I’d gone back to school after 15 years of working as a secretary, clerk and customer service representative 8 mind numbing hours a day.


I whittled my sleep down to 2 to 4 hours a night in order to fit in my full time job and full course schedule. Unending class lectures, readings and assignments stimulated my brain and promised a better future.


My parents and Red Bull boosted my resolve when it falt

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Published on April 26, 2015 06:33
Anne Sexton
“Watch out for intellect,
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems

Carl Sagan
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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