These snippets were written 4/17/20 and appear in the collection The Immediate and No Sooner, 2021.
287.
He was anxious to be clever
but could be only
generous and good.
288.
did that happen during
The aggressive time of the year.
or after
289.
remarkable failures
had been carried out
in plain sight
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
I’ll take 287 any day. And 289 is sadly too true. (K)
Yes. I agree. And best would be if we could be both, I think.
I value kindness over clever… All of these are so relatable! The last one makes me cringe as I recall my embarrassment!
Thank you. I feel the same way about kindness. And as for the last one, there’s nothing like the embarrassment you feel when someone is embarrassing themselves and especially if they don’t know it.