Kimberlynne Darby-Newton has found her home with aaduna .   Here is an excerpt, or as we like to say, a “short take” from one of her poems that will grace the Second Anniversary issue: The Lesson Won't use his name But he changed me. Montgomery , Alabama Not exactly an incubator Of tolerance They were just "sissies" To us. Undeserving of any scorn, Noticeably different But just there With us. Everything Would have probably stayed same If not for him Most handsome man met Liquid eyes, spilling Sweet, funny, tender We bonded over Snark and humor and smart I Crushed harder Than unknown elements Until, I said the "word" One day Tossed blithely, proving cool Saw liquid eyes dulled, by friends’ betrayal Considerate enough To spare my feelings For hurting HIS feelings He let the night end genially But I was savvy enough to know What I'd thrown away! There is more to “The Lesson”…you will just have to wait…the Second...