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# We Manage Most When We Manage Small, by Linda Gregg
- URL: https://joshualore.com/inthemiddleway/we-manage-most-when-we-manage-small-by-linda-gregg/
- Published: 2026-09-10T01:07:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T01:35:31.000Z
- Author: Joshua Lore

What things are steadfast? Not the birds.  
Not the bride and groom who hurry  
in their brevity to reach one another.  
The stars do not blow away as we do.  
The heavenly things ignite and freeze.  
But not as my hair falls before you.  
Fragile and momentary, we continue.  
Fearing madness in all things huge  
and their requiring. Managing as thin light  
on water. Managing only greetings  
and farewells. We love a little, as the mice  
huddle, as the goat leans against my hand.  
As the lovers quickening, riding time.  
Making safety in the moment. This touching  
home goes far. This fishing in the air.

 –from [*All of it Singing*](https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/all-it-singing?ref=joshualore.com), 2008