Little did UCLA know that I rejected them first, them and all the others ;) Rejection Slip - By David Lehman. “Oh, how glad I am that she Whom I wanted so badly to want me Has rejected me! How pleased I am, too, That my Fulbright to India fell through! The job with the big salary and the perks Went to a toad of my acquaintance, a loathsome jerk Instead of me! I deserved it! Yet rather than resent My fate, I praise it: heaven sent It is! For it has given me pain, prophetic pain, Creative pain that giveth and that taketh away again! Pain the premonition of death, mother of beauty, Refinement of all pleasure, relief from duty! Pain you swallow and nurture until it grows Hard like a diamond or blooms like a rose! Pain that redoubles desire! Pain that sharpens the sense! Of thee I sing, to thee affirm my allegiance!” The audience watched in grim anticipation Which turned into evil fascination And then a standing ovation, which mesmerized the nation, As he flew like a moth into the flames of his elation.
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