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By Russ Faubert
March 14, 2005

i am last among the thousands.

i am first ... all by myself.
i dance, as if i were not waiting.
i am strong, but for my health.

i think of that i cannot grasp,
i fight with that i cannot wrest,
and yet i am beyond my best,
when among the thousands, i am last.

-February 23, 2005

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Ó 2005, Russ Faubert

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Russ Faubert is a husband, father, son, brother, minister, congregant, writer, poet, licensed driver, and regular, ordinary, nondescript, all-around fellow. He lives in suburban Detroit.