To the Happy Few
by W. S. Merwin
Do you know who you are
O you forever listed
under some other heading
when you are listed at all
you whose addresses
when you have them
are never sold except
for another reason
something else that is
supposed to identify you
who carry no card
stating that you are—
what would it say you were
to someone turning it over
looking perhaps for
a date or for
anything to go by
you with no secret handshake
no proof of membership
no way to prove such a thing
even to yourselves
you without a word
of explanation
and only yourselves
as evidence
“To the Happy Few” by W.S. Merwin, from Collected Poems: 1996-2011. © Library of America, 2013. Reprinted with permission.
Charissa's Grace Notes 
This is one of my favorites – has a powerful content and words, can be converted to piano melody!!
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Oh that isn’t mine so you’d have to get permission of author.
Thank you for letting me know. How about you write something???
Omg…well. Go ahead and click on the Poetry link on my page? You will connect to around 250 pages of poetry.
I think it is pretty accessible. Whatever I write next is up to my muse as to what and when. Right now I am trying to survive getting fired
I.
Am.
Trying.
Heart,
Me