GAIL STEINBERG

The privilege of admission

“It has been given to all of us

To be here

By accident of circumstances

Too convoluted to trace.

And it has been given to some of us

To have celebrated our good fortune

While envying, not a little,

The movers and shakers and superstars

Who led the dance.

But, leaders or hangers on,

We are all the same in the end—

Part of the grist

That makes the pageant

Worth the price of admission.

And no regrets.”

 

- Jerry Manning