Her story’s interesting till 23.
Her childhood was challenging by far –
she lived with functional insanity,
and grandma love and dwelling in a car,
and moving west to better care, but still
adventuring alone a lot abroad.
She managed by the force of surging will
to conquer obstacles.

She grew up flawed,
or course, yet well enough to thrive,
but then she chose to be a bureaucrat.
The benefits and pay kept her alive,
and vodka flowed. She reckoned “diplomat”
her calling, but there’s fiction in that name –
the 50 years ensuing have been lame.