` <br /> <br /> <br />often it is the only <br />etched thing <br />between you and <br />improbability. <br />no stink kicked up, <br />no feigning love, <br />no affluence <br />can <br />hatch it. <br /> <br /> <br />`<br /><br />Frederick Kesner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-write-5/