tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69913469931727203102024-03-17T20:06:56.366-07:00Poetry WorkbookGordon Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02673681936089338072noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991346993172720310.post-89834250226903055892024-03-15T19:51:00.000-07:002024-03-17T20:06:22.089-07:00Sometimes Awe<p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c54e64ea-7fff-09f8-0b03-63271f5d14d2"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></blockquote><span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sometimes Awe</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A book of poetry gathered from a lifetime of wonder</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">© Copyright 2024</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">E. G. Happ</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Commerce. Michigan</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">All Rights Reserved</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 144pt; text-indent: -144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sometimes Awe</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: #366091; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Contents</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Introduction</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1. Children</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As a Child</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Christmas ‘92</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Michelle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New Words</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Green Fingers</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Disconnecting the dots</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A phone call with Holly before she turns four</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Inchworm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Playing</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A Child’s Table</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">An Evening Sonnet</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2. Nature</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Take a Hike</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Divining</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Seasons change without us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K95gyzO7W12sjM6JCV6CX5z8ywJ1ErOz2saBiu6oyDA/edit#heading=h.z337ya" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Morning Constitutional</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">22</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Stopping where the path turns from the field</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Taking out the trash</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Turkey Brood</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fog</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Flat rocks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Eclipse</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Eclipse II</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Great Blue</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Revival</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Roar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Horseshoe Falls II</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Loons Call</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K95gyzO7W12sjM6JCV6CX5z8ywJ1ErOz2saBiu6oyDA/edit#heading=h.3o7alnk" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3. Places</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At Grace Cathedral</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Giza</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sanctuary</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Little Yosemite</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Snoqualmie</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Gruyere photos</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Riding</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bamboo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the Train to Genève</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Green</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Humming the Prepositions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Big House</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4. Saints</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mother Marie</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Agnes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Richard</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">John</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Joe</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Alice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ann</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5. Passion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Passion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Passion: ending ii</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Edge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Communion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sparks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Golden</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">6. Art</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trompe l'oeil</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Peace</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rising Moon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Two Deer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Boy at the end of a string</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A face on the wind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At the 60th Annual Meeting of the Parish</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the Ruelle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Two Chairs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7. Crisis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Crossroads</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Contact</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Towers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Advent</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Listen</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the fullness of time</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8. Epiphany</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Yes!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Paths</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Blessings</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Epiphany</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Easter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Epiphany on a Treadmill</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Luke</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Edge of Epiphany</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Week after Ash Wednesday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yearning</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Epiphany II</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Baptism</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9. Wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wondering</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nose to nose</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Curiosity</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sounds that come and go</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sunday Poem</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sound bites</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 144pt; text-indent: -144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 144pt; text-indent: -144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Introduction</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the autumn 2023, our pastor announced he was going on sabbatical to New Zealand, to study their prayer book and the country that was its cradle. His theme was </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">awe</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. He asked us to consider writing our own reflections on awe, perhaps something to be shared with fellow parishioners. That is how this book was born.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Awe may be elusive to define, but we know when it happens. It may be the mouse in Sharon Olds’ description of what the poet writes. She said, “Poetry, as in therapy, is about backing up the mouse that just ran into the hole in the wall.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[1] </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Stop! What just happened? Roll back the tape and do an instant replay in your mind. Write down what you saw. This is often my thought process in writing a poem. The most important word in the sequence, however, is not “write” …it’s “stop!” When we pause, focus, stop the chatter, we are open to listening, to asking “what just happened?” The writing is then recording, like relating a dream after you wake up. That’s a kind of paying attention in reverse to what has just become “past” and a new openness to what may be coming around the corner.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[2]</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When does that happen? I think we know. As I gathered the poems that I wrote over the past 43 years that mentioned awe, wonder, and epiphany, I was surprised at the number.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[3]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> There were dozens. And what emerged from the gathering were the times when I was in awe: watching, hearing and connecting with people, especially children, who have a wellspring of wonder. There were places I visited, art I saw or heard, an encounter with nature. And then there were those times of worship when the little epiphanies fell in our midst. These were all the times of awe, different in setting, but infused with wonder, nonetheless.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Barbara Brown Taylor writes “Beauty prompts a copy of itself … When you see something beautiful, it stops you in your tracks. It makes you want to replicate it somehow—draw it, write a song about it, tell someone about it.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[4]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Over the years in my journey, I’ve written poems along the way, taking snapshots by “fooling around with words.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[5]</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So, I invite you, dear reader, to take the journey with me through a lifetime of poems and bring your senses to bear, hanging out over my shoulder and imagining with me as I turn the pages.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[1] </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sharon Olds, “Going Public with Private Feelings,” Dodge Poetry Festival panel, Sept. 26, 2008</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[2] </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">From an Advent sermon, “Paying Attention,” November 30, 2008, http://www.fairfieldreview.org/fairfield/fairrevw.nsf/lnk/Advent08 </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">[3] There are 86 poems in this collection. The Themes are:
Children, Nature, Places, Saints, Passion, Art, Crisis, Epiphany, and Wonder</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">[4] Barbara Brown Taylor, “Always A Guest: Speaking of Faith Far From Home,”Westminster, 2020, p. 28</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">[5] </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bill Moyers, “Fooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft,” William Morrow, 1999.</span></span></p><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: collapse;">_______________________________________________________</span></span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 13.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Children</span></h1><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Children are the eyes of wonder in our midst. They are astonished by the new, often pointing and with a gasp, saying “Look!” Jesus said to “suffer the little children to come unto me.” As so we were invited to follow them.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As a Child</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If I</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">could capture</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">life as a child:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">each moment,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">an adventure,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a mystery,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a new wooded trail</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to explore,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a new sight</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to exclaim,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">something</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to put together,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> connect the wires,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> press the buttons,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and make it go;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the wide-eyed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wonder,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">awe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">astonishment...</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it would be</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the closest moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to when I first</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fell in love.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">18 Sep 1988</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Christmas ‘92</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the threshold</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and surprise,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">what does </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the child see</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hidden</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from our eyes?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The joy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of gifts received,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the love</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">which speaks reprieve;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the child gives</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to you and me</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a way to see</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">beyond the tree</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">13 Dec 1992</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Michelle </span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">(little creator, she)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She holds her tiny hand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">out from her station</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a sea of toys,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">arm extended to the point</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a finger not larger</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">than the barrel of a pencil.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it is her sign,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mostly of curiosity,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to know what it is,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she punctuates with</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">an emphatic "dat?"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but also a bond</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and call</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to her grandfather</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who has paused </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and leaned over</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from his cluttered desk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">across the barrel ceiling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of space and time</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from here to there</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">finger extended</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to touch her outstretched</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">point of self.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">glowing, connected</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a timeless portrait</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the moment,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">grandpa, "dat."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">27 Apr 1995</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Child Time </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">(an excerpt)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“It is by its content rather than its duration</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that a child knows the time…” –F. Buechner [6]</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Such a time</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is seeing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my daughter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at three</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">twirl a yellow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dandelion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">between her</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fingers slowly</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">watching each</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">petal circle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">left and right,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">right and left,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hypnotically</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">transporting her</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the poppy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fields in Oz,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with home so</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">far, far away</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in this land</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the end</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and longing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8 Dec 1996</span></p><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[6] <span id="docs-internal-guid-9ef79f37-7fff-cee6-251d-7cd7fac5b4e9"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Frederick Buechner, “The Sacred Journey,” republished in “Below a Time,” Jul. 15, 2017, </span><a href="https://www.frederickbuechner.com/quote-of-the-day/2017/7/15/below-a-time" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.frederickbuechner.com/quote-of-the-day/2017/7/15/below-a-time</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></span></span><div><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New Words</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is from</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">those wise ones</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the age of three</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we hear</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">language</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">coming back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as wonderful</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the first time</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we learned its use—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a piece of paper,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a clip,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a pen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he describes </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">triumphantly</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as a “contraption”—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">while she,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hovering over</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">pieces of a puzzle,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">replies to a question</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of what she is doing,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“something very important”—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">decorating a tree,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one says, is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“putting on instruments,”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the other</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reacts to “are you sure?”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a booming and</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">confident:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“absolutely!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">such words</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from little mouths</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">stir the wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in us older folk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as much as I imagine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the point </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a finger</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and shout of “look!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">arouses</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">younger hearts.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">27 Dec 1997</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Green Fingers</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We are counting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Daffodil shoots</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the last day of winter—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he is careful</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not to step on them—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a struggle at the </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">age of five—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am reminded of the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">horror films </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where the hand </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reaches up from the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">soil</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as we pleaded with </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the young actor to move</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before it’s too late.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the end of the driveway</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the green fingers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">seek the light,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reminding nostalgic</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">gardeners</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that hope rises up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like the wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a child</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">counting the tips</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of spring.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">20 Mar 1999</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Disconnecting the dots</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She called them blowers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the wonder of a four year-old;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she held it by the stem</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a tiny constellation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the purse of her lips</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and blew--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all the stars in this orb of spores</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tailed off into the wind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">its dots disconnecting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into the air,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">scattered, random.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I was left </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a stamen moist at the end</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a shoot that leaves stains</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on my fingers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is gone;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or just becoming?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Is it is?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7 Mar 2008</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The title of this poem is a chapter title in Dean Slutyer’s wonderful book “The Zen Commandments,” my Lenten reading for 2008.[7] Among other things, the book is about the opposite of the rational mind that ever seeks to connect the dots. In the image of the ripe dandelion, I remember my daughter picking and blowing with glee, I saw that my reality of the Dandelion is my memory of it, my interpretation—and yet it isn’t so, it’s gone. The rational mind asks, “is it becoming?” The Zen master challenges us to see it as simply being. It is.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[7] <span id="docs-internal-guid-8c602496-7fff-b872-0e05-b6d980bae994"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dean Sluyter, “The Zen Commandments: Ten Suggestions for a Life of Inner Freedom,” Kindle, March 19, 2001, “Ch. 9, “Disconnect the Dots,” p. 146ff, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Commandments-Suggestions-Inner-Freedom-ebook/dp/B0030MQJI2/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Commandments-Suggestions-Inner-Freedom-ebook/dp/B0030MQJI2/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A phone call with Holly before she turns four</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I tell her I went snowshoeing today,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and ask her if she knows what a snowshoe is.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"No," her tiny voice answers, clear as a single high-note bell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I search for the words to tell her.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"They're like really big shoes, but made of metal--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like clown shoes, and you can walk on top of the snow."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Oh," she says.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Does that sound like fun?"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Yes."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I imagine her smiling,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">thinking of round serving trays strapped to my feet.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Her mother reminds me that when the snow is crunchy,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she can walk on top with boots.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Oh," I say, realizing that the wonder of walking on snow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is one of those things that a three-year-old just knows.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">29 Mar 2008</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Inchworm</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She stops every twelve steps,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lets go of my finger </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and stoops to get another inchworm—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we have not missed one </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on this walk, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">each greeted with a gasp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and careful fingers;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">even a cluster of leaves blown</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from on high</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is taken as manna and perch</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for this growing colony of wonder;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">though home calls over the rise,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she abandons all for this arch of green</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">thread that moves as if an inch</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">were gold</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">12 Jul 2008</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Written after a walk with my granddaughter Holly who is amazed by all things crawling. Seeing wonder through the eyes of a child is to rediscover it. She was 4 at the time.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Playing</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"...the playing is itself the first fruits of the Kingdom's coming..." --F. Buechner [8]</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When I see that look of curiosity</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the tentative toddler's eyes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">nascent body turned into the familiar,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the safe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">holding tight with one hand,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the other pulling on curls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">after a halfway point of thumb</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and finger</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if to grasp,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at what the head has turned to look,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">eyes widening to take in the strange</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">white bearded face;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I raise my eyebrows twice,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then twice more,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and she is captive to the wonder,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">smiling in the delight of seeing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">something new,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that just may be</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">something that happens </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">once again.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">30 Mar 2010</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Continuing reading Frederick Buechner's "Listening to Your Life," the passage about play and the Kingdom of God resonated. [8] I was also reminded of Michael Schrage's phrase "serious play." [9] Imagine the play of a child growing up not into something beyond </span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">play, as if it's to be put aside, but play in all seriousness as the first fruit of heaven-- wide-eyed wonder may be the golden spectacles through which the hints of that broader reality in which we are held is glimpsed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>[8] <span id="docs-internal-guid-21ee0caf-7fff-64a4-2a80-05f1e8a15aa9"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Frederick Buechner, “Listening to Your Life,” Harper Collins, 1992, p. 44, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Listening-Your-Life-Meditations-Frederick-ebook/dp/B000VYX9BC/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.amazon.com/Listening-Your-Life-Meditations-Frederick-ebook/dp/B000VYX9BC/</span></a></span></span> </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[9] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Michael Schrage, “Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate,” HBR Press, 1999, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Serious-Play-Companies-Simulate-Innovate/dp/0875848141/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.amazon.com/Serious-Play-Companies-Simulate-Innovate/dp/0875848141/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span> </span></div></blockquote><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A Child’s Table</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I come to the children’s table,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the name I’ve given the stone slab</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the low benches,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so that sitting with an open book</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">upon its top,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my chin is inches from my pen.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And I wonder about the gardener</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who placed these moss-stained planks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of gravel and cement—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">what was he remembering?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">did he have an extra child’s bench</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that needed a table home?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Or was this an invitation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to return to early years</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when a sense of play and wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tumbled in the fresh cut grass,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">imagining a tractor tilling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as it rode up and down</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the rise and fall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of this verdant knoll</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that looks upon the lake below,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">toy boats leaving dazzling wakes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the late day sun,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and if you make the sound</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of engines whirling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with an avid brmmmm,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">they skip along the top</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of barely ripples</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and fly to ports in foreign lands.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1 Oct 2011</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">An Evening Sonnet</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She is tugging at her Dad's hand,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">impatient to go nowhere in particular,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but somewhere;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she stops and points</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">exclaiming in a language I</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">do not know,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but with every gesture I remember. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then she does that little skip and dance</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the joy of walking </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and making noise on the pavement</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if this was a canvas snare drum</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the curtain is about to rise;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"if you become as a little child",</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my tired feet implore,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">heaven may be the first act</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> when we move from standing up </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to stumbling with a hand held high.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">14 Apr 2016</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">From train platform 5, Gare Cornavin, Geneva</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Perhaps there was a sonnet echoing here, with the turn in the road for the last few lines. There was a beginning-ending-beginning thread here. The sheer joy of the toddler, and sense of wonder and exploration that is, I believe, a prerequisite of seeing heaven (not the child-like faith so often the interpretation) –and those glimpses are in the here and now, both remembered and anticipated. I was reminded of Barbara Crafton's metaphor of the two woven baskets holding us, and finding in the end that when the inner basket falls away it becomes apparent that the outer basket was there all along.[10]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 144pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -144pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> [10] Barbara Crafton’s story of the life in the two baskets: See [9:30] is this video presentation:</span></p></span></blockquote><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: times; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3cc80a0a-7fff-bb2f-3799-c600da229048"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/123207844" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://vimeo.com/123207844</span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></span></p><br /><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 13.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nature</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Perhaps this next poem says best what I want to say. To regain your wonder, enter nature, follow a path, climb to a ridge, take a hike.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Take a Hike</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When the mind </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">stagnates</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and clogs with ice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as a winter stream</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you have to move,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">push back from</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the cave of hibernation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and stomp the cobwebs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in your head,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">move until the blood</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">pumps and washes out</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the crust</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that settles in</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">around the eyes on</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a long January night,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">move so the vibration</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of your gait</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">pushes out the wax</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from your ears,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">jump to the bark</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the dog</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that rushes to the boundary</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the property line --</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it gets the adrenaline up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a gasp.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when you move</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for a bit,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you hear things</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that weren't there before,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">your breathing takes on</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the soft clean flow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a spring breeze,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like the shoots</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of flowering shrubs in May</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you can push out new growth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">move, get up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and walk from here to there.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8 May 1995</span></p><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Divining</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I always wondered</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">what the man</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the y-shaped</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">stick</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was hearing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">through his</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fingertips</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as he walked</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">across the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">swell of earth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">somewhere in</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">an open field </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that had gone </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to weed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Was it the hum </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of electric</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">conduits,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a tremor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the shifting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">plates of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">planetary skull,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the drums of a</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">swollen river</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">over rapids,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the hiss of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">steam from</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">drawing close</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to molten rock,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the slippery</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">snake of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">oil oozing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the cracks?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This geologist</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">without the maps,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">soil samples,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lab results,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">computer models</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of resonant images— </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this crusty farmer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of Sicilian descent</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">knows in the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rattle of his ribs:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">there’s something </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">down there </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like a tenement </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dweller knows </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the old subway cars</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">running through</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the basement</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the tall walls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">shimmering.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There’s something</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">down there,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and here is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where we dig.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">14 Mar 1997</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Seasons change without us</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I saw violet crocuses</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">while driving on route thirty-three</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">yesterday.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">They were carpeting </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a still brown-green lawn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like bees on spilled beer--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I wonder about the gardeners</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who come in spring </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with their galloping lawn mowers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and wailing sirens of two-cycle Briggs & Stratton engines,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the homeowner running from the house</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">arms waving, shouting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">no!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not yet.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">11 Mar 2006</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 144pt; text-indent: -144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Morning Constitutional </span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The old white roan </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lifts her head </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and watches me </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on this curve of road</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that leads to her pasture. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dogwoods sentinel in whites and pinks </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a large sun does pull-ups </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the cloud line.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I pace to the weathered fence;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she leans out to me </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sad poet eyes so large </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I'm lost </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pulsing nostrils</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">draw me in;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I hold my hand out </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for her to sniff </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if I'm Pope.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She nods, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I turn back, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in wonder,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blessed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4 May 2006</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Stopping where the path turns from the field </span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Something has spooked the geese</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the other end of the field</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and they startle me</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">enough to stop and write this down.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I should say how the sun is low in the sky</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the shadows of the border trees</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are long in the pale grass,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">how all these brown and yellow October leaves</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sound like chewing corn flakes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as I shuffle through;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">there is an insistent one-note bird</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">yelling go, go, go, go</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">willing me to make my south;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the wind wondering, wild,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rides the hair from my collar;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">overhead are unseen aircraft</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one after another</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">traveling elsewhere.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I thought you should know</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before I move on.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">6 Oct 2007</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Taking out the trash</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The gravel in the driveway </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">plays maracas </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">beneath my shoes </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a pink street lamp shrouded </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in evening haze </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is the sun and moon; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I put the bin of cans and bottles </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the curb and turn around--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There, above the pine trees </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is a riot of stars--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I lift up my eyes </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and follow the lines </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wondering which is </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cassiopeia, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the vain queen </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of unrivaled beauty; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in awe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am rendered still </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the majesty </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2 Apr 2008</span></p><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For Dean Sluyter's pages on "Taking out the trash" in the “Zen Commandments.”[11]</span></p></span></blockquote><p><br /></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[11] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Slutyer, IBID. pp. 21-23</span></span> </p></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Turkey Brood</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pulling out the winding drive</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I see the movement on my left</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on a knee of a hill covered in pines</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a brood of a dozen wild turkeys</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mom and Dad</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">out in the morning shade </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">foraging among the needles;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as I slow, they scatter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">faster, into flight across the road</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">just as a Beemer brakes, stops,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">driver leaning forward</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">arms crossed atop the steering wheel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">looking up at the flurry of fledgling feathers, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sharing the wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of being engulfed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">13 Jun 2008</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fog </span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I imagine flying out of the fog,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">up "above the weather" as pilots are keen to say.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The first time my brother saw the fog</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rolling over the hills from the Pacific;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he called it the finger of death,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">paying homage to DeMille's imagining</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the tenth plague;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and speaking of plagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I recall my grandmother asking</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in Bible-teacher style,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Can you name the plagues?"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">That's a bit foggy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in my brain,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">having moved south</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the seven deadly sins</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and St. Anselm's proofs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In church I'd wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Whether everything would</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">be clearer as I got older</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if the fog of wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">would lift and the fishing lines</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">running from heaven would tighten.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But sitting here in this cab</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">winding its way on the back roads</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to Heathrow at rush hour,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the only way I can tell the sun has risen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is by the gray glow that makes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the fog seem luminous.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">16 Jan 2009</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Flat rocks</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We are walking on the flat rocks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a gurgling stream </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cascading down the broken</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sheets of shale and slate;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the youngest finds a small fossil bone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then the oldest sees what looks like coral</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this wonder that pursues remnants of the past</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if they are new births of discovery;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">today my daughter and hers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">baked an old German peach kuchen,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that arose from a conversation I had forgotten</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"what cakes did your mother make?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">which were your favorites?"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the history of tastes called up a morsel at a time;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this was an early birthday </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the thread that ran from mother</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to partner to daughter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">pulled taut for a moment where the flat rocks yielded</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the stream that ran over fossils</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and found its earth about our toes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and hearts.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8 Apr 2013</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Hiking with my granddaughters in a park in Ohio.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Eclipse</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This day of omens</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">brought out everyone </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the fields, squares and beaches,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to where the horizon and its sky</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">filled our eyes like panorama photos;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we were ready to see</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with our magic glasses and cardboard contraptions,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">even colanders--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">anything with a narrowing opening,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a blocking of all that would intrude on our retinas,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to a singular vision,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this silhouette </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of one orb crossing another--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all that we do to see something we understand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">comes only once or twice across our years</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and we are ready,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with awe and a sense that this time is one to pay more attention</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">than any other. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Such are the gifts of epiphanies </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that say "look, something is happening here,"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">far greater than one disc</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">passing another </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on a white reflected page;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for one held breath,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all we know has aligned.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Will we know </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or will it pass us by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as heavenly dreams are </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wont to do?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Will we see the total triumph of life</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in its darkest moment,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">stare at the absence of light,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">embrace the death that comes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as surely as the planets turn about</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this waning sun?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">28 Aug 2017</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Eclipse II</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This day of omens</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">brought out everyone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the fields, squares and beaches,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to where the horizon and its sky</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">filled our eyes like panorama photos;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we were ready to see</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with our magic glasses and cardboard contraptions,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">even colanders--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">anything with a narrowing opening,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a blocking of all that would intrude on our retinas,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to a singular vision,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this silhouette</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of one orb crossing another--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all that we do to see something we understand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">comes only once or twice across our years</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and we are ready,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with awe and a sense </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that this time is one to pay more attention</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">than any other. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">23 Dec 2017</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This revision of the Aug. 2017 edition, became the poem for our </span><a href="https://youtu.be/dGosTsE_xOo?feature=shared" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Christmas video</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> card, 2017.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Great Blue</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A great blue heron</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is periscoping</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">atop the neighbor’s fence</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">getting a good look</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at each of the yards </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">within its grasp,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">while I am hidden </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">behind the glare </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the sunroom windows;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we put out some mixed seed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">last night</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but it’s not moving </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the heron is especially </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">watchful of the moving;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I read they are birds of opportunity </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but prefer the small fish</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or frog</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the slow mouse;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when it swallows,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that neck stretches for the sky</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but all I have are tidbits on the ground.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1 Jan 19</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rewritten 7-Aug-23 to correct from Egret to Heron! At our back window, Anna Maria Island, Holmes Beach, FL</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 383px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><img alt="A bird standing on a ledge near water
Description automatically generated" height="383" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/sRPivJf93wKC0dahrIplf9MFNifNPHNMvQjsZPTqZtjwLmC9cVoIC8mnVVSYBJrbtLHH1NTV_ls425Enc678GoPN-_NullJyO5kxCfDoTmvzsE0P9y6nS_5jtvBFRLz91TZgT7QKjxA7jhluHeuv8sw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="288" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Figure 8 - Great Blue Heron – Holmes Beach, FL, Dec. 31, 2018, Photo by EGHapp.</span><span style="font-family: "Dutch 801 Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Revival</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“He makes me lie down in green pastures *</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and leads me beside still waters.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> He revives my soul’ –Psalm 23:2-3a</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We go to the backyard</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">after the sun sets</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and lie face-up </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on freshly mown green grass.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The stars </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on a Swiss night</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are sharp,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">poignant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There is no twinkle here.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is mid-August</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and we are waiting for the first</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Perseid meteor,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a so-called shooting star </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">making its mark on the vast heavens</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that arch above us.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is a long wait</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">our voices still,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">gazing left and right,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then “There!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a fleeting presence</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that warms </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">our souls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hungering for </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for the touch of awe.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mon., Apr. 4, 2022</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Roar</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Standing next to Horseshoe Falls,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">looking over the rail</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the enormity </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the screaming flow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">over the edge,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am filled with awe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As a young boy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a Fort Worth church,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the tornado</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tore past the glass walls,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">branches and liquid fog</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">took the horizon,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the roaring wind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">drowned out the preacher</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and we were frozen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in fear.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here at the gambling mecca</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the southwest </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">there is no quiet corner,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the constant yelling, bells,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Muzak take away</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">any movement,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">thinking,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and that’s the point </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">isn’t it?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9 Jun 2022</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Horseshoe Falls II</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Search for the Lord and his strength;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> continually seek his face.” –Ps. 20105:4</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“See the falls from the Canadian side,”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we are told by friends </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who have been there.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“You can get up close.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Standing there are all</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the senses in awe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The enormity of grasp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or lack of grasp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the weight of the creation falling;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it is a wonder we can hold on</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the railing and not be swept away.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The rainbow rises in the mist below</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and we are reminded.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">30 Mar 2023</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Loons Call </span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For Ann Moore</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The loons call to me—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">haunting—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the wind moves </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">through tall stark trunks </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of mystery pines </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and brings a fragment </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that draws me back </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to a place </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where I weep </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for what is not here. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">16 Aug 2006 </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I read this poem and the one titled “Ann” at Ann Moore’s memorial service at the Church of the Redeemer in Toronto, Feb. 3, 2024. This earlier poem is recalled in the later one, among the "Saints", below, with the crying loons.</span></p><br /><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 13.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Places</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There are some places that take us out of ourselves. When we walk through the door of a cathedral, or stand before one of the world’s wonders and are rendered speechless. Is it any wonder that Moses covered his face before the burning bush?</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[12]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At Grace Cathedral</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">(when the doors were opened)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The gray concrete majesty</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the great cathedral on the hill</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dwarfed the pilgrims</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who climbed the steep walkways</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that lined the cable-whistled streets</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">climbing Ararat to see</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">if the Ark still rested</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on its craggy moor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The white-haired cleric</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">leaned forward from his perch</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with voice bounding from every</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">arch and columned trunk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"the work of God," he said,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"is to love the hell out of us"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">--a life long work no doubt.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yet in this hallowed hall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of terrifying pomp and feared misstep</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one wondered whether He was </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">here to scare the hell out</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of us as well.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But when the trio of men</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">standing to my right</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">unabashedly embraced</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with echoes in their eyes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it was clear</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the doors of grace were opened,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">its hand wrapped around this</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">single pew and touched the grey</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tweed shoulder of the pilgrim,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and said to those who held,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">no standing on this mount</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">save standing arm in arm.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4 Dec 1994</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">[12] <span id="docs-internal-guid-4f06f3af-7fff-f74e-95c4-7b622b461401"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Exodus 3:6 “And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.” NSRV.</span></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Giza</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We are</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">two </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">children</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">standing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hand in hand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the great</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">plain of giza</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ancient</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">pyramids.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The wind is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">howling </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">south,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blowing off</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the sands</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of time</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that hold</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">these tall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">stone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">monuments,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">turning them</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">green</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with waters</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">running</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from their</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">peak,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">palms</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ringing their</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">base,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">macaws</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">echoing their</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mating calls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">peak to peak.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We are</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ramses</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and Neferteri,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lovers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ancient and </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">eternal—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all this rich</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">history</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">came rushing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I held you</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">close,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and we were</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">born</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so very old.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">17 Jan 1997</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sanctuary</span></h2><br /><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 180pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 180pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." --Exodus 3:5</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We stand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the edge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the newly nailed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">oak floor--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sawdust strewn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as sand--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and crane our</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">necks upward</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the clear-story</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">windows</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where ladders</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">once stood,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">now sun descends--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">white shell of a</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sanctuary,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like hazy sky</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">echoing in emptiness--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">full of awe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">such are the large places</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we go</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to be small,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to feel alone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the midst</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a multitude---</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we take off our shoes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so as not to stain</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this pristine place</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and in a Moses moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">step onto holy ground.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">21 May 2000</span></p><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Written for the new church at St. Francis in Stamford, CT as it was nearing completion. It is ever a special place in my journey.</span></p></span></blockquote><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Little Yosemite</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I ask where the trailhead is;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she says, “across the bridge”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and adds the disappointment:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“There's not much water.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I hike the canyon view</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">along the ridge, past the cows</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">grazing on the gold grass </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that is California; descending</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the dry river bed—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">quartz-laced blue boulders</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the size of railroad cars</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">derailed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the wind pours over leaves</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with an echo of the rapids </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not here this time of year;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I stand among them diminished</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in my awe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sentinel the rage of years that washed </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">over each sharp edge until</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sculpture smooth </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and let the sun and wind wash me</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if in the Jordan;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I raise my hands </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the other side of drowning.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">14 Nov 2008</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Hiking in Sunol Ohame State Park, CA</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Snoqualmie</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The rumble rolls down the path</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as a crier at the door;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">evoking the expectation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before entering into a cathedral,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">eyes lifting to the vault</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a stone ceiling,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the light streaming through stained glass;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I feel the depth of place</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the words come,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the inadequate wide-eyed lens</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the Nikon that chirps back and forth </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">settling on a focal length</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for which a single blink</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">registers majesty</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and has none of it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So I feel at the end of the board-planked</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">river trail, that turns</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and opens the curtain of trees</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a flick of a wrist of wind,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the mist from the cathedral full of water</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that empties over this lofty drop</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">again and again,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">piercing the river below with a</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">thunderous thrust of power,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">awe felt first in the rattling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the sounds against my ribs,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">pushing against me,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">laboring my breath</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the weight of a truth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so profound I am crushed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">beneath its weight,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then swept</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">up and carried,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">borne to the throne room</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the Apocalypse</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of Eden</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to give account</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of what I saw.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">22 May 2009</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Gruyere photos </span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Every dark passage a surprise of light</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rising up from the green hill is a spire, is an alp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">alps rarely make their point alone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a friend is framed in years of stones</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and a lover loves his friends,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">art swings from the push of wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">while angels circle to the cry of their dance</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we are captives only to our outlook</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the future frames a shock of autumn trees</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">snow runs into skies</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">even the stones shout the rays of sun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and glow with its yellow heat</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">emblems clothe the tall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the tall roofs shoulder the walking few</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a balcony is an uplifted hand in whose palm I stand a little</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the smooth brush of imagination hangs on fuzzy fieldstone walls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and makes strange companions of things found in attics</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">each alp fills four views</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the wonder of the painters brush lifts the eye</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">each pilgrim takes in what's before them</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and sings the radiance of an abounding soul</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a table waits for the meeting the ancestor oversees</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">roof lines mime the dents of meters</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the tallest is a head bowed to something further</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">children bloom in the heights of our dreams</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and grow beyond our reach</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the footprints of many rains are worn on a steady demeanor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">artists echo the creation of let there be</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and float in pastoral whimsy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as elders look on unmoved by fire in their belly</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and courtyards ring the playful doors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a sleigh of blue is readied for the snows that come</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who watches from these windows at who plays below?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The bell is silent. Finis. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">21 Nov 2010</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Riding</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Riding into an impressive sunset</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the western ear-lobes of the Alps </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cast in a yellow-pink glow,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">listening to the taps of a lingering sun,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mont Blanc tres blanc</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the sights of a lingering sun;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and all this day-after winter beauty</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is not as stunning</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as it would be</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">if you were following </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the point of my finger,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I the capture of your eyes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the gush of wondering wind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as we say together, "look!"</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2 Dec 2010</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bamboo</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At night </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the tall thin bamboo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sway in the stifling breeze,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">waving me back to my room</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where the cool breath of AC</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fogging the glass </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">perched on the bridge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of my nose,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">taking me back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to a cold eve</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the other side</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the world,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">just nights ago</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when the bamboo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">shivered stiffly</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the blowing snow;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and it is ever a wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">how something as simple</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as a gangly green stalk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">takes me back </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to somewhere else</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that I had forgotten</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or lost in the every-day,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that now stands out</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and shakes me like </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">an outstretched hand.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4 Dec 2010 </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from Kaula Lumpur </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the Train to Genève</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Vast tufts of fog</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are lifting from the lake,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the morning sun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">climbing over the Alps;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we hurtle through one</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then another:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one town yawning in yellow,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the next squinting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the mist;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reading this morning</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a short bio of Doctorow,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I wonder how the story</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">will unfold,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the headlights of this</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">train lapping up the rails</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to Genève,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">facing the rear,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">back to the wind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">seeing what already</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">has gone by,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">am full of hope.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7 Jan 2011</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Green</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Looking out at the tree tops</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from the upper floor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the white marble museum</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the thicket of the modern city,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she says,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“I miss the green.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I wonder in the midst</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of this antiquity</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">if the exhibit of the garden</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is in the darkest halls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of our being</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ready to be called to life</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the spoken light.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4 Aug 19</span></p><br /><br /><h2 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Humming the Prepositions</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, *</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the holy habitation of the Most High.” —Ps. 46:5</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the City of God</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are the echoes of the womb</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">whose waters that once bore us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and to which we return.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the midst of a Michigan winter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we are flying </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to a warmer clime</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> on the water flowing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> from the Gulf </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> under bright sun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> beside the shimmering palms</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> over the sands</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Walking in open-toe shoes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">humming all the prepositions </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that are in me,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is it any wonder </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that we call this a slice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of heaven</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to which we are called home</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7 Mar 2023</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ah, vacation restoreth the soul.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Big House</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Years ago a classmate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wrote a paper that the professor </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">singled out. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was about the theology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of early church design,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where a large hole was left </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the roof, so that nothing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">would impede the faithful</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">being caught up in the cloud</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the rapture.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I imagined those who gathered there,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">looking up to blue sky in anticipation,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ready for the blast of trumpets</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the shout of angels.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As I walked down the ramp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and through the appointed stadium gate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to my seat, I did not know what </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to expect, the roar of the crowd </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">drawing me in, the bright team colors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that the faithful wore stood out against</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the green field. A sea of a hundred thousand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">worshippers chanting a fight song</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and gesturing the chop that our team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was to make of the enemy. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I was at once a grain of sand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">insignificant in wave after wave</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of significance, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the voices and the brass band rising up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in this open-air cathedral</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that took away the air from my lungs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and with a single “oh”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I understood the ancient ones.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">18 Feb 2024</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Big House is Michigan Wolverines stadium, the country's largest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 13.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> Saints</span></span></h1><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If I’ve learned anything from my years it is that God comes incarnate in the moments when we experience a moment of grace, and epiphany from meeting others. While these poems may be grieving, they stand at that edge of life we cannot see across, where we tremble. So we remember.</span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mother Marie</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Seated in a wheel chair</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">old woman with the trace</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of golden hair,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fierce eyes --</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">carrying the fleece</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the Lamb</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in her lap,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the finger of God</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in her grip.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She held on to my sleeve</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and wouldn't let go,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it kept me from</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">falling away </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in my embarrassment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to flee from her</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">impulsive, holy way.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She had to bless me</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before she died</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">whether I sought</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the balm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or just to get</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the awkward moment by.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Oh, She wouldn't save me</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">till I let her have</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the upper hand.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">16 Mar 1994</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Agnes</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Her world was not much larger</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">than a gingerbread house,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a kitchen bathed in the smell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of baking chocolate cake,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the bloom of buttercream flowers.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Within these four small walls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">deep breathing was understandable.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here the breads of Christmas,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">birthday cupcakes, wedding cakes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cream puffs and petite fours</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">were crafted by her gentle hands.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here was the icing of special days,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">days that mattered deeply to us all.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Though none of us were ever content</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with gingerbread, here we returned</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to lick the batter, savor the special</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">moments with candles, revelry and song.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In this small cradle we were each reborn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">breathing deeply the dust of heaven.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">17 Sep 1994</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 180pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Richard</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Like all good</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">story tellers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he told the stories</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a smile,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">delighted at</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the simple things</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that are the vessels</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for the deeper places</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the heart.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blessed by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the grace found</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the brighter moments</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the darker places</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in our lives,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he would rather</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">laugh and smile</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the sinners</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">than wear the airs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a lofty saint.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">here was someone </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with whom </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you could</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sit in a circle,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">legs crossed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and head cocked,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a child's</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sense of wonder,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">straining to hear</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">each word</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if life </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at that moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">depended on the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">nouns and verbs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and in these stories</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it did.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like St. Francis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before him,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he blessed the animals</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and preached</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as sincerely to </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">those with soft ears</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as those with hard teeth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and claws,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">remembering each</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one's name</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with an interest, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">care</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if we were his own.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and so we were.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In this place</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we are the flock</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">resting about</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this simple hearth,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this simple table,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a neighborhood</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">without roots,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the nomads of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the urban outland,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we are gathered by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this shepherd,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the gentle face</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the creed,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and our belief.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">17 Sep 1995</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">John</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I do not remember</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">seeing him without</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the smile,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or hearing more than</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a sentence or two</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">without the punctuation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a chuckle—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if the telling </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the most simple</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">things was a delight.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He was the equal </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">opportunity provider</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of good humor,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in every place</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and every time, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so that it was all </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">too easy </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to make the mistake </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of not taking him </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">seriously enough.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And yet the wisdom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was often buried</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the quick</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">remark.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So it ends up,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He was often </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">right.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was a fretful </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">meeting of the Vestry</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one December</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when the budget gap </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was large,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and Christmas seemed </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if it was delayed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">another year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">To the question</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of how we </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">would make ends meet, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he quipped,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the abruptness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a gasp,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Well,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you just have</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to have faith!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">—As if faith</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wrote checks.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A few months later, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We were humbled</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when our</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">assistant priest </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was called to Stowe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the budget gap</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fell silently</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">away.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Walking</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">down the path</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with me</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he hunches over,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if bowing to life</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">larger than himself,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">chuckling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the stiffness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in his joints</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the humor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that reminds us </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that humility</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is bowing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before majesties</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">larger than we—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the joy of life,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the love</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a giving heart,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the faith</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a caring God.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It ends up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you were right</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dear John,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">its ends up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you were </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">right.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">15 Apr 1997</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For John Cooper, a patriarch, and Warden emeritus at St. Francis Church.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Joe</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He tells us of the operation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that reattached a retina</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from where it had unplugged </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the back of his eye;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">there were tiny flashes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of light at the edges,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">along the periphery</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of what we think is straight sight.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">two years of this narrowest of beacons</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sirening without the pain</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or directness of a sound;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and then all went gray,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the light dimming</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if the power slowly drained</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from this sharpest of eyes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he gained some of it back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from the skilled hand of the surgeon,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but now the architect </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of straight lines</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cannot tell if the finish of the molding</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lines up flush with its mitered turns;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">precision slips from his grasp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the creative mind </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tells its lucid stories.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1 Jan 2013</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Alice</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The nod of the head</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the cross goes by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this recessing with honor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I learned from her</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">watching on a Sunday morning</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in an old white church </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sun streaming in the tall side windows</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">slicing up the room</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into photographs of memories;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">there were no words said</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">no caption</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">just a subtle bow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that spoke more benediction</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">than the blessing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Not that she was one of few words</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when she was riled by some injustice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and there were many</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she’d mutter </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to herself, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and if you heard between the lines</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and said so</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she’d say an emphatic “right!”</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was an early foyer dinner </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at someone else’s house </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that another new parishioner</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">leaned over in my direction</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the kitchen holding a glass of wine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“isn’t she wonderful?”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I nodded </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as she passed </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">holding some dish</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> that needed bringing to the table </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the next room.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And she wasn’t referring to the hosting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but rather all the moments of accepting us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in our frailties</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and there were many</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">grace comes in small gestures</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a touch on the back of a hand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a prayer at the window</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the birds flurrying around</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a feeder just filled</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as we were.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You adopted us as your children</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and we adopted you as our Great Aunt,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">if ever the word great was understated</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it is now Dear Alice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when we each bow with a nod</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as you pass by </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a cross in your hand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">smiling about some secret</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we have still to live out.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">30 Sep 2018</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Originally titled “Passing,” I wrote this for Alice Smith, our adopted Aunt and fellow Warden at St. Francis Church, and read it at her memorial service.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ann</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I remember</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sitting at our table</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in La Taverna</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for our weekly lunch</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and conversation,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">there was laughter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and a glass of wine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You would punctuate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a rejoinder with</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“oh Ed”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and a wave of your hand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that landed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If there was an issue,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you would get determined</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and say,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Well, we’ll see about that!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When I asked you what</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I could do</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">after Lou had passed,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you told me you missed the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">conversation,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so here we were</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">talking about business</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">families, loves and church</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">(and without an order).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We each moved to our cities</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the conversations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and menu</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">became a distant memory.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I had just sent you</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a birthday card</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a lake scene</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like the one you told me about</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the summer cottage</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where you stayed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the loons crying</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the distance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Now it is we who cry</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dear Ann</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and your life</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">calls to us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a generosity of spirit</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that I will forever</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">remember</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and miss.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">26 Jan 2024</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For Ann Moore. See the “Loons Call”, Aug. 2006, above.</span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 13.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Passion</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There are moments of passion where the divine breaks in. The mystics understood this. We can also, if we but pay attention.</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Passion</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> it is the candle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to which we're drawn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> as the fated nightbug.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the source,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the well</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> of light,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> heat,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> flicker on the bedroom wall.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the wax</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> forms hot little mittens</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> on your fingertips</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> when you stroke</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the pool beneath the flame;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> it numbs the soul</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and the story line.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> so quickly blown to memory,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> yet still to wet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> a finger,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and squeeze</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the smoking ember,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and hear it sizzle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> before it slips away.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">31 Jul 1993</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Movie, "Damage"</span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Passion: ending ii</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> reality returns </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> as the children all</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> run to scavenge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> in the matchbox drawer,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and light it up again</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> before dessert is served.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">31 Jul 1993, For the movie, "Damage"</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As an additional stanza. I prefer the shorter version (As Von Rohe taught us, less is more)</span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Edge</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> there are those</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> times of passion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> when you give</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> up yourself to</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> completely,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> when you know</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the edge is coming</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> like the drawn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> out delay of </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> a sneeze --</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> you are losing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> yourself,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> disappearing --</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> wanting and not</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> for the end,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> quickly you fall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> head long over</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the top</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> when it all rushes out</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> as the warm water</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> flows from the basin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> when you've finished</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> washing your face,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> it swirls from</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> your head through</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> your open hands,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> splashing, circling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the abyss,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> with a gasp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> it snaps </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> like a shade</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> from a window</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> rolling up again</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and again.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">13 Sep 1993</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Communion</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The vestry </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">gathered about</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the meeting table</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like disciples at</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the last supper,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where the food</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and drink were</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not the kind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that satisfied </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the hunger,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but the </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">gristly issues</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of gays,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">aids,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and pulpits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we chewed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and grimaced</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on its taste,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">unable to consume</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the spread laid out</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in its enormity,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we choked on its extremities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for this meal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was not </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the passioned beliefs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of distant matters.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this one lived</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at home,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where we worshiped,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where we gathered,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where we ate, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as one;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where he served himself</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to each,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and touched us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in our righteousness.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5 Dec 1993</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sparks</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I have seen the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">face of God</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">burning passion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of red hearts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">smoking with life</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the bush </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the mountain top,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the very brush</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the cradle of grace.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When we cry</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">out in ecstasy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to God in heaven</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and die in naked truth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is when I feel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">most alive,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">real.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">With the grace</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of an artist’s</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">finger,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His hand reaches </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cross the barrel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ceiling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and touches our oneness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the dark.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">15 May 1994</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Golden</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when her eyes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">go golden—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">light dancing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the horizon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of each lash,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">an arc of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lavender below</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this iris</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sun—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I feel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">her smile</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as a flash</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of joy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">That I</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">am here,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">upon my</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hands,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rising up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to see this</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dash of dawn’s</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">delight,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is but </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a gasp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of awe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as words</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">leave—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a snap</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a whip</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of wind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">windows—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">such joy,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when I </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">can only </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mouth </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">her name.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">20 Jul 1997</span></p><br /><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 13.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">6.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Art</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The first time I saw Michelangelo’s “David”, like the visitors to the Academia, I was speechless, gawking at the statue as we walked slowly around it as if in a trance. Whether sculpture, paintings or photographs, art often gives us pause.</span></p><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trompe l'oeil</span></h2></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The artist --</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we didn't see</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the name--</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">painted snapshots</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to fool the eye;</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a leaf on the siding,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">under the glass</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the frame,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the lens</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the camera</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the eye,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this maple awn</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with fingertips green</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">palm yellow</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wrist orange</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">whose summer ran out</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to fall as drops</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of quivering sap.</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the white clapboard</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mounting --</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the coming snow and ice.</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">nothing moved,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the whole at once.</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">painting of</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the photograph</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the maple leaf</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">somewhere in</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New England</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on an unknown</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">October day.</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">10 Jan 1996</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">David Brega print</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 210px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img alt="A picture containing plant
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white-space-collapse: preserve;">Figure 2010 - David Brega [13]</span></p><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[13] </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c03a273a-7fff-6c6d-bd68-7e5844cf6768"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">David Brega, Gallery Archives, </span><a href="https://www.davidbrega.com/archives" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.davidbrega.com/archives</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><span><span><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Peace</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“I do not know which to prefer,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The beauty of inflections</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Or the beauty of innuendoes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The blackbird whistling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Or just after.” --Wallace Stevens [14]</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Is it the peace</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that comes at morning,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the town awakes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the one that follows sunset,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">after the last cardinal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sounds its call?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Could be the quiet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before falling off</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to dreamful sleep—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the slow stretch</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">after a Sunday nap</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when the house is yours alone?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Is it the calm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the summer air</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the pounding squall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the purple</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">smell of ozone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">after the thunder’s gone?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Perhaps the lovers’ pause</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">across the candle light</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">knowing they will now retire,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the soft sigh</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that follows ragged breathing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the sparking coals of passion?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">No, It’s the soft gurgle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a newborn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the cry—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the tiny gulp and gasp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">after grabbing the warm breast</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with his hungry lips.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then it’s the serene</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">contentment of two friends</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sipping tea at three-- </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the silence</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that follows the forgiven</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">angry word?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maybe the pause</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the trumpet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sounds the Armageddon note</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the stillness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the dust of battles</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">floats to earth at last?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Is it the peace</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a child’s sleeping </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">innocence,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the embrace</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of an old man</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who has breathed his last?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">No, it’s the peace</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of Eden before</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the fratricide;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">no, the stillness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of Easter morning,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the tongues are flamed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt 0pt 144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">10 Oct 1996</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">William Stafford wrote in his little book “Getting the Knack”, among other methods for getting started, to write a poem in response to another poet’s work.[15] I chose Wallace Stevens, a fellow CT artist as my muse.</span></p><div><span><br /></span></div></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[14] <span id="docs-internal-guid-a61af9e5-7fff-5169-8b2d-5091d909c772"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wallace Stevens, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” from “The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens,” Alfred A. Knopf, 1954, </span><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45236/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-blackbird" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45236/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-blackbird</span></a></span></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[15] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -144pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Stephen Dunning and William Stafford, “Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises,” NCTE, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jan 1, 1992, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Knack-Poetry-Writing-Exercises/dp/0814118488/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Knack-Poetry-Writing-Exercises/dp/0814118488/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span> </span></div></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rising Moon </span></h2></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She comes to the ocean</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dressed in wistful white,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the sky turns to indigo</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and runs into the sea.</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A summer hat dangles</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from her hands,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">an act of homage</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or of opening—</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and all is still</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">save the soft breeze </span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">across her hair.</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She is looking </span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for the quiet places of refuge,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">solace,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">longing—</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">found in the rising moon</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that carries dreams</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">upon its splash of light.</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You may hear her deeper breath</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">gather in the sea,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the sigh that makes even moons flicker</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in low evening skies,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but you never know the eyes that stare</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into the coming night,</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">unless you learn to be</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the rising moon.</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">29 Nov 1996</span></p></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><span><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">While viewing David Schock’s painting “Rising Moon,” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Edgartown Art Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard.</span></span></p></span></blockquote><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 36pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 310px; overflow: hidden; width: 221px;"><img alt="A person walking on a beach
Description automatically generated with medium confidence" height="310" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/akmYXv4SE9vOxy_Qn8nr_xY5oLwLrqlm0Tbn8j9gw8A48BtbUHrcUzQKQbMrdO4p5bgRg0d5uBdUvWVE6ovjuUQXsb9S-cRd0rXjRlxzlPd_mCwxXEbldh_dPB3D5GQ85Z20rvqdsnxDc3fPzdaCulc" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="221" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Dutch 801 Roman"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Figure 2011 - David Shock, "Looking to Sea"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">–similar to his “Rising Moon” [16]</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 291px; overflow: hidden; width: 215px;"><img alt="A person in a white dress
Description automatically generated" height="291" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/l1jNZuUMe0tImG9mJiZsHuIj-WQZhSehNdLJbsWYRsed2A0S-TPW_svmAUawx777KMPGkcm-grQ0Ut4r9lzK6QO754fhz5yIcTfCBNS2Bj3xZBNi7zkuhAy_Kk-E4g85z_DM_pGDUVC8sWlVX1NzwYs" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="215" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Dutch 801 Roman"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Dutch 801 Roman"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Figure 2012 - David Shock’s “Looking Out” – similar to Rising Moon [17]</span><span style="font-family: "Dutch 801 Roman"; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[16] <span id="docs-internal-guid-e71034be-7fff-b267-a164-60477edc78ea"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">David Shock, Gallery of Figures, </span><a href="https://davidschock.com/figures-1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://davidschock.com/figures-1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span> </span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[17] <span id="docs-internal-guid-a9ec0299-7fff-8594-7b54-893427a776c3"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">David Shock paintings, </span><a href="https://store.jtodd.com/collections/david-schock" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://store.jtodd.com/collections/david-schock</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Two Deer</span></h2></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Two deer</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cross a field</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the stillness</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of winter--</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">do they run</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">toward the embrace</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the wood,</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">away from</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the hunter,</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><br /></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or simply free?</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><br /></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At this end-time</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we rush to</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tomorrow,</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">away from</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">yesterday,</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><br /></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and pause</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on this day--</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to listen</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for the timeless.</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><br /></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">30 Nov 1999</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p></span><span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 249px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img alt="36,194 Deer Snow Photos - Free &amp; Royalty-Free Stock Photos from Dreamstime" height="249" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/krVMVnPSQbnYBphF3-uojPDGoA4cDcXrz-VJqVJDOHKx6kxW-jDu3HfPIRIW86mujXS9DKgfckbsGggoCSPfP-XTUoP1o4pMnecSkocL0QKB-3qJi_ejgwCb1aTGLAjDFkv-CKdN7qSvIHAaikBmUeE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="373.3781433105469" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Figure 2013- Two Deer in a Snow-Covered Farm Field [18]</span></p><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[18] <span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.dreamstime.com/two-deer-snow-covered-farm-field-wisconsin-countryside-salem-wi-image207394743" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Christmas card 1999</span></a><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The text was included in Steven Sametz’s choral work, “Peace on Earth,” 1999, </span><a href="https://stevensametz.com/composer/works/info/peace-on-earth/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://stevensametz.com/composer/works/info/peace-on-earth/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> with the sheet music here: </span><a href="https://notenova.com/product/peace-on-earth/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://notenova.com/product/peace-on-earth/</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></div></blockquote><div><span><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Boy at the end of a string</span></h2></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There is a boy</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the end of a string</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and somewhere</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">beyond the edge</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of this glossy paper</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is a kite</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tugging against</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a celestial blue sky—</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but all we see</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is a look of bliss</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and wonder</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if looking</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at angels</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dancing on</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the point of some cloud</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if looking</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the smile</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on a divine face.</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">6 Jun 2002</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 210px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><img alt="A child holding a toy
Description automatically generated" height="210" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/0-FOmI82hkzSha_nJJyI967SSac8-HO1b-z-755oe3MRBgzYgLU1ywgDWn8Y0AXXa0ec3C-DnFU6nB3EhOBIdrI0fBU6UPS68hrEE5UL8Yrjmfgl4MK3ibhRUpkecSDcwL-UweBmNXZHReqjT2kuTGQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="376.5099792480469" /><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A photograph of a boy flying a kite [12]</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 210px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-df8a3acc-7fff-a9d0-9389-0bdccf40e080"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">A photograph of a boy flying a kite [19]</span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[19] From <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“15-Happy Boy Flying Kite On Sunny Day Slow Motion Video,” Pond 5, Item ID: 64083685</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><a href="https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/64083685-15-happy-boy-flying-kite-sunny-day-slowmotion" style="text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/64083685-15-happy-boy-flying-kite-sunny-day-slowmotion</span></a> </span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><br /></h2><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A face on the wind</span></h2></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><br /></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We stand by</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the side of the road</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">watching in awe—</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the mobile sculptures</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">turning and twisting</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the breeze—</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">small metallic shutters</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">snapping photographs</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of light and clouds</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on a surface</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that moves left</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then right,</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">up then down—</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">holding a long pause</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the air</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as we hold our breaths</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then exhale,</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rushing where it will.</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Standing here</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on a Sunday</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a man and a woman</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hold hands—</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so much is unknown</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">under God's heaven,</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">even a face</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the wind.</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><br /></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7 Jun 2004</span></p></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span><br /><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Tim Prentice, one of the most imaginative and poetic sculptors practicing today …floating lines in space—that he suspended in the woods. Balancing them so that ‘the wind endlessly (can) draw and redraw the lines in a continuous flow of patterns without ever repeating itself,’ he created an effect of mystery and wonder.” [20]</span></p></span></div></blockquote><div><span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 209px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><img alt="A light shining on a kite
Description automatically generated with medium confidence" height="209" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/EQDtaGJ10y0fpnuDz5IfJC5nlqYa9Fq_xW0ldEfw_W3DPdrZbBMxbCLdE-3qaJAo4jSLC7S1Mv7YgAytUD9GWdmJvU6kstaFUZBAMo1Va-y0JwpMWS0s1PP0xQ_GNdLFCKOxxWp4ORHEibeJeOUwvek" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="288" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Dutch 801 Roman"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tim Prentice, Kinetic Sculpture</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">To see Tim’s work is to first marvel at the design and function of his mobile art, and then stand in awe as a piece disappears with the changing breeze.[21]</span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[20] </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, July 28, 1994, </span><a href="https://timprentice.com/reviews/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://timprentice.com/reviews/</span></a> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[21] For example, see his “wind frame”, on his farm on Lake Road in West Cornwall, CT: </span><a href="https://timprentice.com/wind-frame/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://timprentice.com/wind-frame/</span></a></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At the 60th Annual Meeting of the Parish</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He bids us listen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for a few minutes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is Sunday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the church is full.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We wait</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with expectation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for him to speak.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Silence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nothing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">From a hidden stereo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">music begins—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a single note</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a few voices</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">angelic</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then more</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">folding over</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a delicate air</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a glimmer of light</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">over a ground</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of sinewy strength—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it is as if </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we are eavesdropping</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on Creation itself—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Adam</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rising up from the dust</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in naked glory—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ave, verum corpus</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">— </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[22]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hail true body!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The priest’s words follow,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">analogies are assigned—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in this community of doing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">there is also being</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that simply is.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here we are gathered,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in awe of the maestro's beauty,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with Thomas we say:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my Lord!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[23]</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">29 Jan 2006</span></p><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[22] <span id="docs-internal-guid-faaf72a7-7fff-bc58-0012-4a94d5e0cc23"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mozart's </span><a href="https://youtu.be/Xa9fh872A5I?feature=shared" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ave Verum Corpus</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (Hail True Body,) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the 250 anniversary of his birthday, St. Francis' Church, at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Parish.</span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[23] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">John 20:28 "Thomas said to him, 'My Lord and my God!'"</span> </span></div></blockquote><p> </p><div><span><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the Ruelle</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The twins have left traces</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the driveway</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this evening:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">three chalk cars</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and a blue line--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">two sedans above</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and one below,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if "above" </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">meant something </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the flat-lands;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I notice the quiet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the remnants</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if heaven </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dusted the earth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a flick of the wrist</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so those who pass by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and look back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are left wondering.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">13 Apr 2012</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The twins who lived on our tiny lane in Nyon, Switzerland were frequent artists with chalk on the macadam. Walking home from the train often meant walking through their art gallery.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span><h2 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Two Chairs</span></h2></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><span><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We may look at these two chairs</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that face us as empty,</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sitting outside this rugged house</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the closed blue shutter</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and stucco falling from the field stone,</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but I see all the conversations</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that have not yet happened,</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the laughter that has not yet</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rung out across this path,</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the glance that comes</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">before the kiss;</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">what has been behind this window</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tied shut with a bit of straw</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">has been,</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and what is yet to come</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cannot be kept within these walls;</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">come sit with me</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and start a story</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if it were tomorrow,</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I will dream with you.</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><span><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">18 Dec 2013</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For Shirley for Christmas</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><span><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Emblematic of the many “chairs” we share at the table, this poem found its way into our </span><a href="https://poetryworkbook.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-wedding-play.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wedding play</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, March 14, 2015, at St. Francis Church.</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p></span><span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 276px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><img alt="A couple of chairs in front of a stone wall
Description automatically generated" height="276" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/zgpCEiAPCe0Xc-53_-qOvPSjFnSBUt9GPmrBVd5ghwLhF52q7Zfu1CgJMHzo2YtXE-SUxvuDuZMkZ_Pbl7FdG0tOK8KmWkL9ciuH6ChzjB6cg010Dp4lBScl_GJjV6mvdKPbUID1C5E8QXAnLsOpa8I" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="288" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thelynntaitgallery.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Two Chairs – Lynn Tait</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> [24]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div><span><br /></span></div></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>[24] </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Lynn Tait Gallery - </span><a href="http://www.thelynntaitgallery.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">http://www.thelynntaitgallery.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></div></span></div></blockquote><div><span><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Crisis</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The great theologians of the last century understood the role of crisis. Indeed, crisis is often that moment suspended between “time and eternity, the world and God” when we are pressed to the edge of existence, whether by an event or in our being. [25]</span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Crossroads</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Two men stood</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">beside the twisted wreckage</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of what was a late model Thunderbird,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fire engine red.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One, the driver of the Ford,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the other of the semi that reduced it</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to flattened metal,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wheels, and broken glass.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">They were fast to the crossroads,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a right on red</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and a rush on changing yellow.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Eighteen wheels spun the car around</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the howling of a twister</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the Kansas house on route to Oz.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Now both are shaken men,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one who walked away alive</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and one just innocent of death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">None of us rushes to the graveyard,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">few are given such a pause.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">While the wrecking truck</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">carts away what's left</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the sheriff writes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the three part form</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of time and place and cause,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one wonders what these two witnesses </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of their intersection</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">took with them to tomorrow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and what was left behind.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9 Apr 1995</span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[25] </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-3e0e05c1-7fff-7f47-8494-d670359130f4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small; white-space-collapse: preserve;">J. Gresham Machen, “Karl Barth and the Theology of Crisis,” April 23, 1928, WTJ53 (1991) 197-207. Machen writes: “The teaching of Karl Barth and his associates is commonly called "the theology of crisis." The "crisis" or "decision" that is meant in this title is the one that is forced upon a man when he is placed before the dreadful antinomy between time and eternity, the world and God.” </span><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Contact</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She sits</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the edge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a canyon,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">evidence</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">has been </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">followed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to this rim</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where now</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the sun </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sets,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and she is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a silhouette,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rocking</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as lady </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">justice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">weighing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blinded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The canyon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">calls,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and it is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the echo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a love</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as real as </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a billion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">stars</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">drunk in</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at once—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">now she</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">must step</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">out</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as the one</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">humbled,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">awe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">across</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the great</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">divide,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and know.</span></p><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">12 Jul 1997</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Contact”</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 27pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One of my “skinny poems”, written in response to a movie that moved me. How apt.</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote><div><span><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Towers</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There's a love song</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">playing on the radio,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">its hope floats--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a cinder on the wind.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">An hour of miles</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">away,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the towers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">still smokes—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">each day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a new photograph</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fails—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the hope</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of six thousand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">families</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">winks out—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not yielding</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the dead.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This song of wonder—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"amazed at you..."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is trying</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to remember.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Earlier today</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I pinned</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a postcard</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the skyline</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to a bulletin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">board</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and watched</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in silence—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">an imprint</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of another day</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I will always</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">remember.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">27 Sep 2001</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><br /></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: xx-small;">Written two weeks after 911. During the 1980s, I worked a block east of the Trade Center. It would be a decade before I could bring myself to visit the site.</span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Advent</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“1: the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2: the coming of Christ at the Incarnation …</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3: a coming into being …” –Merriam-Webster</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“I never tell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">stories anymore,”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he told the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">captive</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">attendant</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the desk—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“ever,”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the emphatic</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">punctuation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as I walk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">by,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">canvas gym bag</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in one hand,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">car keys</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the other—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where this </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is going,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on a cloudy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">December</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">morning—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">what happened</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and why—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’m already</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a captive </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ear</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">narrowing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my stride—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">waiting,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">expectant—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Let me </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tell you</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">how it started…”</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">13 Dec 2002</span></p><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Listen</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Listen to your life</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he says;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I have gone back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to this passage</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">again and anew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At times it seems</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my life is shouting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from all corners</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the room</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in which I sit,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">trying to clear my head--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Stop, I say!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">putting my hands up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if to halt traffic</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at this intersection</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as everyone bears down</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the brake pedal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and lets the little boy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cross the street;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he is humming something familiar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and kicking a small stone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a carefree boot of his shoe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I need to hear the song.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I need to feel that shoe.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1 Mar 2010</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The words of Frederick Buechner became my traveling companion again. How many times do we hear a cacophony of demands speaking in our lives; how many times do we hear nothing? When the voices are silent, sometimes we tap the carefree wonder in our lives anew. It's always there. We do well to walk in those shoes.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the fullness of time</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She opens the purple bow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the oval box</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of chocolate eggs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"oh ho ho," she says</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">touching the green foil wrapped one</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with her tiny hand.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Later," I say.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wonder dashed from her eyes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she backs away.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After dinner,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she is covered in chocolate,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ringing her lips and each finger,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the arrival sweeter </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from the longing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">23 Mar 2008, Easter</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the eyes of babes is the loss and the triumph of the Kingdom. A hint of the crisis of God’s “Yes” wrapped in the “No”, the now in the not yet.</span></p><br /><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Epiphany</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Moments of revelation come in the ordinary. C.S. Lewis, expanding on Thomas a Kempis, wrote, “"The highest does not stand without the lowest. A plant must have roots below as well as sunlight above and roots must be grubby.” [26]</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Perhaps that is the wonder in the ordinary.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Yes!</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the garden</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is creation,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">touch of the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">finger of God,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the mysterium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tremendum,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the awe of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wonder,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the awe of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">primal fear.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For this hand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that molds</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the clay,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that throws</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the Yes!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">upon the ground,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">points to the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">garden gate,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where we are</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">banished in</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the No!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How soon we</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">forget</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the wilder-</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ness of days</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the enormity</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of that Yes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and fragility</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the No,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for though</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the one is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">carried in</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the other,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the Yes rings</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">back to the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">very tree</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of life.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">12 Nov 1996</span></p><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[26] <span id="docs-internal-guid-d8da81a0-7fff-b9b1-5c6e-66d434d4b334"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> C.S. Lewis, “The Four Loves,” Harcourt Brace, 1960, p. 20</span></span></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p> </p><div><span><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Paths</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Palm trees</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">click their tongues</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the slow early</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">morning wind,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the air tripping</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">over their lips</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as a stutter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a metaphor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the dawn.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Near the end</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of my brisk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">walk,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">after</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a night tossed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">upon accusatory</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dreams</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">running speechless,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the rhythm of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my breathing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">settles into</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the pattern</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of endorphins</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dancing on the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">strained synapse</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with euphoria</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as a sedative,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I follow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">unknown</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">paved paths</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a strange</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">town</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">somewhere</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">near the </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">coast,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">following</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the thread of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this poem as</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it dances up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in bits</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and clicks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the wind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the feel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the muse,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I come upon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Avanti Circle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that catches</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my breath</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and breaks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my stride</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">here-it-is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">nature</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">epiphany,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where once</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">again </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">you come</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to meet me.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9 Mar 1997</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">PSL, FL</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Blessings</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Count your blessings,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">name them one by one,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and you’ll be surprised</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at what the Lord has done"</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The old chorus</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from a child’s hymn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reminds me to count—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">something for </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">which I am a natural,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blessed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And name with words,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">descriptions,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">vivid images,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in which I abound.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then there is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the openness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to surprise,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">humbled by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my plans</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that often go</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">awry.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This leads to</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">recognition,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">trembling insight,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">awe under </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Providence—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">am </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blessed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">15 May 1997</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 144pt; text-indent: -144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Epiphany</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Clouds part</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lightening arcs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">thunder shakes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">down in the toes—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">grounded here</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">senses burn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">smoke curls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from the white</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">heat of knowing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">19 May 1997</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Easter</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We are stumbling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">down the hill,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sliding on rocks,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">falling over each</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">other,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to see who</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">gets to the cave</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">first—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we were told</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">someone was there,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">by the waitress</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the cafe,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who ran in,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">disheveled,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">out of breath,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and full of alarm—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it made us hold</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">our coffee cups</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in mid-sip,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lips pursed,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">eyes up over </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the rim,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">frozen—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then out the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">door,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">running,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wondering aloud</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">if it</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">were John,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">having been</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lost for three days</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">since we had </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ventured</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">deep into the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cave </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">together,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the light</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">went out,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and only two of us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">came back—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we had </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">searched</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and searched—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">went back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">three days</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a row</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">firemen,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">policemen,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and two dogs—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but all we found</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was a fragment </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of cloth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from an old</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">t-shirt</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that was probably mine—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">no sign of John</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">anywhere.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had given</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">up, slogged</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">back to the cafe</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for breakfast</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">early Sunday,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not sure</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we were going</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to look again—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">now out of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">breath,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">anticipating</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">meeting up with</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">him again,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cursing him</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for scaring the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">pee out of us,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hugging him,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like he was</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a prodigal son</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or something else</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">come home—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and that ache</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">behind the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">breastbone building,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like after a day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">body surfing </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at Jones Beach,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we were anticipating,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wishing,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hoping anew—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">downright bubbling,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sputtering and</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">whooping as</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we ran round that hill</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and into the gulch,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dodging rocks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that had rolled down</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into the path</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">during winter thaws,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">we danced</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like running </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">through pairs of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tires</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at boot camp—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it had to be him,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it just had to be him,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">'cause we</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">had hope</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and faith was</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rising at the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mouth of a cave</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">somewhere </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the edge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of heaven,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">somewhere</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the edge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of reason,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">somewhere</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the edge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of imagination,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was a</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">glimmer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of knowing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">13 Mar 2003</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Epiphany on a Treadmill</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“But as to the sudden stopping, looking up, and tense attention characteristic of the people of the Bible, our wonder will not be so lightly dismissed.” –Karl Barth [27]</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At the end</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a brisk walk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">up imaginary hills,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I see a couple</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at their car</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">through the window</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">below.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She points up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">across the way</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">out of my vision</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">obviously amazed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He gestures</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">across the car</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to her—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the known gossips</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the YMCA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in apparent</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">passionate debate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">about the heavens.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I stoop </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to see what it is,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but cannot.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Later,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">two of the matriarchs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the stretching room</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are talking about the store</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and truck</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">across the street—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Restoration Hardware</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">closing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">30 Jul 2003</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Looking out the window while walking briskly at the Y in Westport, CT</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><div><span><br /></span></div></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[27] <span id="docs-internal-guid-3c1e9f68-7fff-7c76-1d77-5a7913a822fe"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Karl Barth, “The Word of God & the Word of Man,” Harper & Row, 1956, p. 62.</span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><div><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Luke</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’m wondering</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">what it would be like</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to be one of these shepherds</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">out in some field at night,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a flock of sheep</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the dark</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where all there is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is a rustle of wool</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and bleating--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’m wondering why</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sheep don’t sleep</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in this dream;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the other shepherds </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are out cold,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the fire has dwindled</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to coals</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I’m up </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a tight spiral</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of insomnia,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">too tired to get up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and toss another log</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the fire,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not really tending</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to the flock at all--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">these four-legged alarm clocks,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who rather than blissfully</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">jumping by one-by-one, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">carrying me off</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into the land of serene sleep,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">woke me in the first place.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I realize</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’m tired of being a shepherd</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where there is no quitting time,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the clothes are coarse wool,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sandals of dried leather</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that bring out a blister</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">every spring.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Suddenly--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the author of my dream writes--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">there is a host of heaven--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a cacophony of shooting stars,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I imagine,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">singing in the background,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">bright lights in my blood-shot eyes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and somewhere overhead a virtuoso trumpeter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is playing reveille,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">annunciating an awakening</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of other proportions.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’m wide-eyed,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">shaking from the core</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">more than the cold turn of night--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all I can remember is that</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">waterfall voice rumbling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Do not be afraid,"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like standing on a fault line</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in another dream</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with the ground--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the very ground--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">shaking,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">having faith that this earth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">still holds me</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the palm of its hand.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">12 Mar 2004</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cf. Luke 2:8-14</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sometimes a dream or imagination brings us to the precipice of awe, and paying attention leads us on its journey. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Edge of Epiphany</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On an afternoon walk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the infancy of January--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a baby-blue-eyes sky--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the edge of freezing--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">gloves on--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">headphones pumping</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into my ear canals,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I pass a jogger</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for the second time.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She smiles somewhat perplexed,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">gesturing above her head,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">something about her hair.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I nod and smile </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wondering </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">what in the world</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she said as she runs by.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Looking up in the tree-tops</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I see </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a hundred starlings </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">shining in the spaces,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">late for the flight south.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I silence the music,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">take off my gloves</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">clap my hands </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and they flock to the next tree</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like early pollen in the wind.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Perhaps she said:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It's raining birds </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in my hair</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I don’t have your hat. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Head uncovered,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I hear the chatter </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from the trees</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">between the gray and blue.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7 Jan 2006</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Week after Ash Wednesday</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Seven days into as many weeks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I’m wondering where</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the journeys of the penitent faithful</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reach the canyon floor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’m told the donkeys are more</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sure-footed than their gawking cargo,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">snapping photos</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at each switchback,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">twisting to each others</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">oooh… lookie here!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It’s gonna break—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">armchair geology rising</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to convince the rider</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not to yank on it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The burro-train ambles</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">down to the deeper conversation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the bottom where</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all my mean and nasty actions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">cough up </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and serenity </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lies beneath another winter.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">24 Feb 2010</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I wrote this late at night after having woken from a dream. Even the scribble on the page was indecipherable. What was this about? Our dreams sometimes take us to deeper places, where the evils lie. That which troubles us has a way of popping up when deep in </span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sleep, or near to waking. As Robert Bly once commented about a dream poem, "my job is not to explain it, but to write it down." [28]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[28] </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small; text-indent: -144pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bill Moyers, “Swirl Like A Leaf: Jimmy Santiago Baca, Marilyn Chin and Robert Bly,” The Language Of Life, </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5e5d7ac8-7fff-6320-eb30-a12e3e68bbcc"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">May 18, 1995, </span><a href="https://billmoyers.com/content/swirl-like-leaf/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://billmoyers.com/content/swirl-like-leaf/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span><br /></span></span></div></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 144pt; text-indent: -144pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yearning</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I read pages</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of daily meditations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for the weeks I have missed,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the yesterdays for which</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I did not pause</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and set the little paper boat</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of my imagination adrift</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on the water of wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and into the falls of minutes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">washing over in their relentless</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">call to be immersed,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">plunged into sensing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the fullness of yearning—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that is the word</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that stops me mid-page in January—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">yearning for that far country</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that is itself a taste of heaven,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a spring of truth.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3 Mar 2010</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Reading Buechner again, I dive into the opening days, the ones about knowing. It is the season of Epiphany in which his editor has gathered some of his signature words, ones that gave the book its title: “Listening to Your Life”. That our lives speak in the voice of the Holy One is itself a scandal, but this is a foundation of the Gospel: God in His grace turning every expectation upside down. In learning to be silent, He comes.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Epiphany II</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Another gray morning</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and my stop is next;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the bus shutters and creaks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">through its turns.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On my street there are remnants</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of Christmas trees,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tips of balsam where</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dry branches brushed up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">against the doorways</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">thru which they were pulled</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and popped their treasure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am told Epiphany is the time</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for taking down the glitter,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">extinguishing the lights</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the midst of seeing new;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">yet today there is no sun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">no shocking blue</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">no shadows on the walk.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today I know nothing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9 Jan 2013</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Baptism</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is one of those hazy hot days</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when everyone seeks redemption,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the young boy on the swing </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and his sister holding the hose</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so he sways in and out of its rain</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I remember none of my baths</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">let alone one in a fine white dress;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was the water hot</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was the water cold?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the duality, even binary, of the sacrament,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my garden moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when in later months</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">such a fondness for peeking up skirts,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">which I also misplaced</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to my mother's relief;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it was momentous nonetheless,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of which I'm reminded each time </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the squirming child looks up </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into the priest’s eyes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and screams a confirmation </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that this is strange and filled with awe</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at least in those who gather round</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and try to remember</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ever being poured on by someone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">other that a younger brother</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and someday getting even.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7 Jun 2014</span></p><br /></span><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Laughter is a universal reality of being human. Watch any child play. Can humor also be a moment of epiphany, of revelation?</span></p></span><span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><br /></span></p><span style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wonder</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At the end, we return to the beginning, reaching back to the wonder of the child, reaching ahead to its return.</span></p></span></blockquote><span><br /><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wondering</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She is slowing down </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the airport,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a little girl in pink</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">taking in the colors </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and sounds</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in this corridor of shops.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mom has kept her pace </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and veered to the right,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">while two of us towing bags</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">stop to watch as daughter </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">suddenly realizes she is no longer following;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">though we point to where </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">she is </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the way will part one day,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the panic washes over her face </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like a summer squall </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">until mom turns around </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and she catches the safe gaze </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a refuge </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">21 Oct 2011</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nose to nose</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There are some who lean into wonder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if their being is drawn forward </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">by hypnotic smells wafting from invisible cafés, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">have broken cogent sentences </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into mere groups of words hanging about;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who feel the wind in their scarves like distant wings </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blowing doors open they have already entered;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who rise up in stockinged feet to follow a nose gone so passionate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it glows a shade of Christmas red;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And oh this glee, this imagined connection,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this real bump in the night when even sugar plums are seen; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on this man with chunks of coal for buttons,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">standing still with half his face gone orange</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from the heat that runs from red to blush,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a fresh carrot is discovered as if for the first time;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">two unlikely and prominent noses touch, as</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the entering has truly begun.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Even if you squint</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it’s hard to see the beginning and the end</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of this fusion of first delights</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that seems to happen when the baking that must be going on</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in one hundred ovens gathered around these two</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reaches the point when the doors have been flung open</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and a steam of such a mélange of simmering sauces</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">has begun the melting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into one small puddle,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">now a rivulet, now a stream,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">now a river raging </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with wonder bobbing among the white tops</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with sets of feet hanging over the edge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">swinging toward nowhere in particular,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to everywhere all at once.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">23 Dec 2011</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For Shirley’s Christmas card (see below)</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 334px; overflow: hidden; width: 360px;"><img alt="A snowman and a person kissing a snowman
Description automatically generated" height="448.53888511657715" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/ETELN4YPHfXoi6MiESLYzYAkuFLQ6C7gVH40iJL-laIO0LS7ibuMBw7znimt3sbSJfoq02PqEWHqZ_S8Q5Fc6kGE2zFDhq53PMLhkOCxiBnXwoJSpUKUYgK2HkD8FvNrsEttiTzJibgkSwFFR8L3FGE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: -41.6513px;" width="360" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Curiosity</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The workers string up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">an opaque curtain</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blocking the view</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of the site on main street</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where the building has been</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">removed and a small front loader</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">brings scoops of dirt out the side;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">why must the right</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">way of doing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">shutter the curious?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the hawker stands on a box</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">outside a tent</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and chants the wonders</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">just beyond the canvas flap;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">how do we ever learn?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">13 Nov 2012</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sounds that come and go</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There is a museum of endangered sounds,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all the clicks and tap of machines</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that have come and gone </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a rotary phone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">typewriter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">telex</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a dial-up modem connecting--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my grandchildren do not know them;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I wonder what sounds</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my grandfather remembered</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a hiss of steam from a locomotive,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the single blade of a plow knifing through the soil,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the whistling of a bomb dropping from its bay,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I cannot remember the sound of his voice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">just a harrumph when he shrugged his shoulders</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">like a god,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the great, silent one.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1 Mar 2013</span></p><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 108pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My paternal grandfather, Pop, was the silent grandfather.</span></p></span></div></div></blockquote><div><span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sunday Poem</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I had a poem last Sunday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">by the edge of its robe--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">whether from the line in the story</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the priest told to open his homily</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or the first line from the hymn I love</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">whose name is somewhere</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in the back of that weighty blue book;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a Barthian and Harry Potter moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Expectant and ominous--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I only know it was wonderful,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">would have been of the riches of the heart</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and from the heart;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it spoke to me,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the pilgrim who in a divine moment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">confesses and forgets. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">29 May 2013</span></p><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I wrote two versions of this poem, one with "or" conjunctions and this one with "ands.” Epiphany may just be in the "both-ness" that is the paradox.</span></p></span></blockquote><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sound bites</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One wonders if</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it is the diminutive,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">those small sounds</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that want you to lean</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or is it the ones that</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">grab your sleeve</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and imbibe wonder </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">about play or aggression </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">visited at the end of your</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sleeve by this new canine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that is bonding;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but when I stood next to you</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">under the sliver of moon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and early stars </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">without a sound at all</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that I was bitten</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">by the silence of awe</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and how your hair smelled</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when it caught a wisp of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">summer evening air</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">22 Jul 2015</span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wonder</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He has taken up the center</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">aisle as if this is his window</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and with his back to the floor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he stares out </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at the stained glass </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and chandelier </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Every once </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a while comes a roller,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">one who follows his own path</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in a way that catches </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">our attention </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">consternation </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sometimes joy</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His mother looks on</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with a tolerance</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that is open to imagination </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and what she supposes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he may be saying to himself</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Later, after the service</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he dances the babble-step</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a toddler</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">hanging on to his mother’s hand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if it were a lifeline,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a tube of air</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that lets him float in a space</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that he will claim as his own</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5 Dec 2017</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Finis </span></p><br /><br /></span><div><span><br /></span></div></div>Edward G. Happhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243859825189522834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991346993172720310.post-43456210995109373362023-03-01T13:46:00.069-08:002023-04-09T11:44:43.531-07:00Lenten Poems 2023<p><span></span></p><div style="-en-clipboard: true;"><h2><a name="_Toc128590415">Preface</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">He
said we could take on something new. And I did 20 years ago. Now it is
rediscovering the new in the old, mining memories that connect with a Psalm or
prophet. Some bring back the moment
crisp and fresh. Others are the hard tiles, like the funny sign below that I
found in my inbox. But my job is to ride
the verse to another space both near and far. And if just some rusty words by
the roadside hands me its oil can, I squeeze the bottom and freshen the joints
a bit, so it squeaks me its name. And all a street-side prophet can hope to do
is say a name of the one we meet wrapped in the Psalms calling my name. And I
will rejoice in the discovery. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="-en-clipboard: true;"><br /></div><div style="-en-clipboard: true;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJsCyod1g-Twk2_exeIqptUL6oiqpQRYOQCZhwgASWB5C4dulVMpmLOAGwWHu4CseEJ5uednrh4ry5ut6zINExDrjWh9n5gmrKhqCSEvUxULNs5sF1XLVCje7HP5E_Wl7yx5hjVb32cd1LS1SDzz2dfKQVpAfxjrwA2VxlTPfIypCTOvkSez7B4TXxoQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="906" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJsCyod1g-Twk2_exeIqptUL6oiqpQRYOQCZhwgASWB5C4dulVMpmLOAGwWHu4CseEJ5uednrh4ry5ut6zINExDrjWh9n5gmrKhqCSEvUxULNs5sF1XLVCje7HP5E_Wl7yx5hjVb32cd1LS1SDzz2dfKQVpAfxjrwA2VxlTPfIypCTOvkSez7B4TXxoQ" width="243" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The poems are in reverse date order, with
new poems on top. Verses for the epigraphs are mostly from the Psalms
appointed for the day in one of the Episcopal Lectionaries: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Source 1:
<a href="https://www.lectionarypage.net/CalndrsIndexes/Calendar2023.html">https://www.lectionarypage.net/CalndrsIndexes/Calendar2023.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Source 2:
<a href="https://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/">https://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Ed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Sunrise</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"There is a sound of exultation and victory</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> in the tenets of the righteous"</i> --Ps. 118:15<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Before I see him,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I hear the red-belly</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">trumpet from the tree top.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In the early morning light</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">he rushes down</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">like the wind</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to the empty feeder</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to eat with the others,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">looking left then right,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">inviting me to see</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">what he sees,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and what I thought was an end</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">was a beginning.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Easter Sunday, Apr. 9, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Between</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“My times are in your hand”</i> –Ps. 31:15 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Sitting and watching the sunset</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">on Holy Week</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">the pond has gone glass smooth</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">the subdued tangerine hues on the horizon</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">reflect a cloudless day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It is quiet</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">still</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">almost serene</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">between the bugle and the trumpet,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">only the soft hum of the furnace fan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">flowing the air</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and the sense there is one </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">more line to be written.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 46, Holy Saturday, Apr. 8, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Erased </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -32px; text-size-adjust: auto;">“My mouth is dried out like a pot-sherd;</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -32px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"> my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -32px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> </i><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -32px; text-size-adjust: auto;">and</i><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -32px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> you have laid me in the dust of the grave“</i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: -32px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> —Ps. 22:15</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">I remember going<br />to the funeral home<br />for my grandmother’s wake<br />Grieving, I walked tentatively<br />hesitantly<br />down the hall<br />through the doorway<br />into the room<br />where she was laid<br />And I was startled<br />by what the undertaker<br />had done.<br />Her skin had been stretched<br />to remove the lines and wrinkles<br />in her face<br />as if her years of living<br />and pain of dying<br />could be erased<br />I turned quickly<br />to those behind me<br />and said in a stutter<br /> of disbelief<br />that’s not her.<br />She’s not here<br />and the truth fell<br />from each syllable.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Lent 45, Good Friday, Apr. 7, 2023<br /></span><br /><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In the Garden</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> and call upon the Name of the Lord.”</i> –Ps. 116:15</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">He pleaded in the garden</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">asking to be spared</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">there was no thanksgiving</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">in resignation,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">only a giving himself over</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">an unfolding</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">once, twice, thrice:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">“Your will be done.”*</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 44, Maundy Thursday, Apr. 6, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">* Matt. 26:39-44</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Waiting</span></b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“You are my helper and my deliverer; *</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> O Lord, do not tarry.”</i> –Ps. 70:6</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I remember hearing of the young boy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">at the Montessori School</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">standing on a step stool at the stove</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">smelling the aroma from the pot</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">waiting </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and not yet tasting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In this day of gratification</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">at our fingertips</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">even a pause</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">is fraught with anxious </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">worry.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">What if I miss something? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">And here in the midst of Holy Week</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">do we hear the prayers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and the cries of anguish</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">that are coming?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 43, Wed., Apr. 5, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><b>The Irony</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> let me never be ashamed.”</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">–</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ps. 71:1</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The rock of the church</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">denying he ate and drank with the builder</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">A tax collector</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">preaching to the taxed</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">A governor washing his hands</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and giving the order</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 42, Tue., Apr. 4, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><b>The Edge of Darkness</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"For with you is the well of life, </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> and in your light we see light.”</i> –Ps. 36:9</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The photographer waits</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">until the sun so low in the sky</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">slices through the trees</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and ripples on the wind </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">that makes itself known</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">on the pond.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Oh the light of sunset </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">everything looks different</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">the waiting for this moment</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to be seen, engaging</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">the darkness on the horizon,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">immersed before the dawn.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 41, Mon., Apr. 3, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Palm Sunday</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“God is the Lord; he has shined upon us; </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> form a procession with branches up to the horns of the altar.”</i> –Ps. 118:27</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We gather in the Social Hall</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and take palm leaves from a large metal vase</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">old and young, each holding a frond.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The priest chants and we chant the refrain</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">then one-by-one we process</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">out the door to the east, into cold crisp air,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">into the sunlight, under shocking blue sky</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">led by the deacon holding the gold staff and cross</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">around the church, then toward the front doors</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">but the cross is too tall, and it crashes into the rain gutter</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and makes a sound that reminds us that this</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">is no triumph without pain, and unexpected turns.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 40, Palm Sunday, Apr. 2, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Land</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“You have been gracious to your land, O Lord, </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>you have restored the good fortune of Jacob”</i> —Ps 85:1</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">When we bought our house, as was customary,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">we paid for a title search, the assurance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">that this land was rightfully owned by the seller</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and whose title now passed to us.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Those who were here before the settlers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">had no concept of owning the land,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">there may be the right to use it</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to hunt and farm, but it is a infused </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">with spirit and soul, to be honored and respected,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">not owned.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Our old stories tell of lands conquered and lost</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and regained, but always with the idea that it was gift</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and as in life, we are renters with a lease that comes due.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 39, Sat. Apr. 1, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;">Cf. https://www.faustgallery.com/natures-role-in-american-indian-culture/ </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Yielding</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“O Lord, you have enticed me,</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> and I was enticed;</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>you have overpowered me,</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> and you have prevailed.”</i> –Jer. 20:7a</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">She made herself a birthday cake</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">because she wanted to</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and as the aroma filled </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">our great room</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I was drawn.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There are desserts that call to me</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">especially in the late evening</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">giving in to the whipped peanut butter icing</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">with the roasted shaved coconut</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I yield.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">A teacher once told of God on the make</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">in the writing of John the Cross</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and I remember the great poem</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">of the hound of heaven. *</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I am reminded of the affirmation</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">in being pursued</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">giving in </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to the simple things,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">a gift of the baker’s hands</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I partake and give thanks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 38, Fri. Mar. 31, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">* “The Hound of Heaven,” a poem by Francis Thompson (1859-1907)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.houndofheaven.com/poem">http://www.houndofheaven.com/poem</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Horseshoe Falls</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“Search for the Lord and his strength;</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> continually seek his face.”</i> –Ps. 105:4</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">“See the falls from the Canadian side,”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">we are told by friends </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">who have been there.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">“You can get up close.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Standing there are all</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">the senses in awe.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The enormity of grasp</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">or lack of grasp</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">of the weight of the creation falling;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">it is a wonder we can hold on</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to the railing and not be swept away.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The rainbow rises in the mist below</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and we are reminded.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 37, Thu. Mar. 30, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Truth</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free”</i> –John 8:32</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Pilate asked the memorable question,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">“What is truth?” *</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">But it was the wrong question.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">What Jesus said was he was the truth,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">he would set us free,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">he would reconcile us,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and ultimately he would raise us</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">as he was raised.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It is to live life as a sacrifice</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to live life freely </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">as he lived and loved,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to live the truth.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The question then is </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">“Who is the truth?”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lent 36, Wed. Mar. 29, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">* John 18:38</span></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Legacy</span></b></p></div><div style="-en-clipboard: true;"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Let this be written for a future generation, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 102:18</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reading the Psalm for the day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I realize that I am that future generation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I look back on the words that anticipate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and think, how much of what we’ve written</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is for the present</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and rightfully so</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but the question of what </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we leave for those not yet born</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lingers.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 35, Tue. Mar. 28, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Others</b></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 23:5</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He scoffs at my suggestion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that when we sit down</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and break bread</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with those from other cultures</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we talk about our children</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and food our mother made</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we realize that they are people </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like us,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they are our neighbors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They move from suggestion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to being.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 34, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Dawn </b></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“My soul waits for the LORD,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> more than watchmen for the morning, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> more than watchmen for the morning.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> —Ps. 130:5</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is a rare morning</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that I rise before the sun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and anticipate the growing light</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">low and cutting across the treetops</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the reflection on the pond</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the house across the way</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is like no other one</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I see with new eyes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So much of our year</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are seasons of waiting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and fulfillment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of absence and presence</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of going and coming.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 33, Sun. Mar. 26, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Mallard </span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Ride out and conquer in the cause of truth </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and for the sake of justice.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 45:4</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the mallard reaches the edge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and casts off into the pond</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he shakes his tail</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as if leaving the dust of earth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">behind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he is catching up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his bride</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">who already tips her body</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and eats of the early spring moss</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He is regal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in how he holds his head in pride</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and purpose</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">conquering the day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his presence,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">so it is so.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 32, Sat. Mar. 25, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Troubled</b></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Many are the troubles of the righteous, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> but the Lord will deliver him out of them all.” –Ps. 34:19</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My father fought</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">under General George Patton</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">who said, “Courage </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is fear holding on a minute longer” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and to this day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I can feel him steeling himself</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">against feeling aloud</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as if a minute were a lifetime.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He was in many ways</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a hero to me.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I looked up to him</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">until I didn’t.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had not considered </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that the righteous</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are troubled.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 31, Fri. Mar. 24, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Change</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“So he would have destroyed them,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to turn away his wrath from consuming them.” </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">–Ps. 106:23</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our ears hear the wrath of God</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and assign it to the old ways</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are quick to choose</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the loving God.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But the story turns here</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not on anger </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but the Omnipotent changing </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His mind.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That he can swayed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a vulnerability</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and a strength,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to allow himself to take</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a different path</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">may be as only love permits.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 30, Thu. Mar. 23, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Being Right </span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The Lord is loving to everyone </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and his compassion is over all his works.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 145:9</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My oldest son and I share the burning need </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to be right.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will do all the homework</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and gather the facts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">especially about cars and directions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spouting them off</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whether asked or not</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and correct those who voice another take.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some have this approach</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to matters of faith.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heaven forbid that we are not on the side</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the truth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The preacher uses the story of the Good Samaritan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to talk about being right *</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and points out that those on the other side</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of having the right faith</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are our neighbors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whom we are commanded to love</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and that it is the one who loves </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">who is right.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 29, Wed. Mar. 22, 2023</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Barbara Brown Taylor, “The Right Answer,” The Riverside Church, Jul 14, 2013 </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wds3OxzHNAI" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wds3OxzHNAI</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Hiding</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“God is our refuge and strength, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a very present help in trouble.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 3.75pt 0pt 0pt 24pt; text-indent: -24pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and though the mountains be toppled into the depths of the sea”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 46:1-2</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I remember when you were one</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and some older toddler</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">had scared you,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you hid behind my calves</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and grasped my trousers </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tightly in your little fists</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and peaked around my knee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at what it was you feared</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">then pressed your tender face</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">into me as if to disappear,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and all at once</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I understand God as my refuge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and strength</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">even though my world</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">be toppled</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I can hide myself in You. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 28, Tue. Mar. 21, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Umbrella</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever” </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">–Ps. 89:2 </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I quipped once</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that I could be the poster child</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for serial monogamy, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my love running out of steam</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">each decade</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">until now. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I do not know what it is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to love eternally,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am diminished</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and upheld </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in Your faithfulness dear Lord,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">then I also hear</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that though it storms outside</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your love is like the umbrella</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for which we can never</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">find the edge.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 27, Mon. Mar. 20, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Restoring Our Souls</b></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“He makes me to lie down in green pastures;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> He leads me beside the still waters.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> He restores my soul”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 23:2-3a</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is on the cusp of spring</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the faint green lawn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and ice-ringed pond</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">yearn for the thaw.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The two mallards</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">have come back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and two geese</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as if the ark has docked </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the passengers are debarking.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soon we will walk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">without winter woolies</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and lie down in verdant valleys </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dip our weary feet in warm waters</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">restoring our souls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as only the creation can do.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 26, Sun. Mar. 19, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Broken Heart</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> —Ps. 51:18 </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How have I had a broken heart?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">let me count the ways *</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">risking vulnerability </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">wagering intimacy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">daring to love</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve risked the depth and breadth and height</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to find the God-shaped vacuum anew </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How would I ever know</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">unless it first be broken open,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">unless I hunger?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 25, Sat. Mar. 18, 2023</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">* appropriating Browning’s love sonnet to loves lost, </span><a href="https://poets.org/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://poets.org/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Hunger</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I am the Lord your God,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> who brought you out of the land of Egypt and said, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ‘Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.’”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">—Ps. 81:10</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unless we hunger</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">how will we know the joy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of even the first taste</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the sating</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that is given to us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to receive? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How will we know</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">without stumbling through</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the dark places,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the lows,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the deserts?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So the opening</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">comes through the times without</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">seeing the oasis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with parched eyes and tongue.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 24, Fri. Mar. 17, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Taking a Knee</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and kneel before the Lord our Maker.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">—ps. 95:6</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When did “taking a knee”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">become a protest?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ancients tell us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it is a sign of humility,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">allegiance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And in the present day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">when asked </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to pledge allegiance </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but kneel during the anthem,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">could it be allegiance</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to a higher power?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Certainly to a higher ideal.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 23, Thu. Mar. 16, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Taj Mahal</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I will open my mouth in a parable; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I will declare the mysteries of ancient times.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">—Ps. 78:2</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I remember an essay</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about metaphor </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that I read in college,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the author’s example</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was about a women trying on a hat</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">getting the reaction, “It’s the Taj Mahal.” *</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And I immediately felt the grandeur</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in way I could not</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">if given the dimensions, the color,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the features of the hat. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I imagine God speaking</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in this way</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">through the symbols</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the stories.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was Tillich who reminded us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that the symbols participates</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in what it points to. **</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So the stories are the Word of God</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with a grandeur</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">larger than life,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thus ends the philosophy </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lesson of the day.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 22, Wed. Mar. 15, 2023</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">* John Wisdom, “The Logic of God,” BBC, 1950</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">** Paul Tillich, “Dynamics of Faith,” New York: Harper & Row, 1957</span></p><br /><br /><i>Taking a pause in Lent to celebrate our wedding anniversary... </i></span></div><div style="-en-clipboard: true;"><span><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Anniversary</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">—Mark 10:8</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You ask how long we’ve been</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">together</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I think back </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to when we first met </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">when we gave our vows.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You ask how it is we</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are yet together</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I feel the one heartbeat</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the one soul</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of always being together.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I ask you the same</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you mention the freedom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to be who you are,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that is the gift</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the true becoming</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">also my becoming</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the mystery of the oneness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">foretold so long ago</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that gives us breath</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and makes us new.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14 Mar 23</span></p><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thirst </b></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> —Ps. 42:2</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The old western</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was often a story of a cowboy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">who lost his horse</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in the desert</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and had to walk miles</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">under glaring sun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with a canteen that was soon empty</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">offering only drops of water</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">then none.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When rescued by the search party</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or posse</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he was offered a drink from a full flask</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and in the midst of wanting to gulp</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with ferocious need</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was told to take it slow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">take it slow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as if drinking too fast</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">would somehow lead</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to death by consumption.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let the man drink!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The measure of thirst</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is always defined by absence,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whether in a desert</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">an abandoned soul</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or the Crucified One</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">seeking the living water</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">even from a stone.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 20, Mon. Mar. 13, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creation in Two Waves</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The sea is his, for he made it, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and his hands have molded the dry land.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">—Ps. 95:5</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The winter pilgrims</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">come to this land</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of sun, soft sand and sea</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to refresh with the elements</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of Creation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">still at work</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on all our senses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the distance the ocean waves</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">unfold like a comforter shaken</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">out across the fresh made bed,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">children burst with glee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and shrieks of joy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A larger wave breaks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and floats beach bags</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">flip flops </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and small child </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">panicked by the loss</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of firm ground, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a fall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in the midst of paradise.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 19, Sun. Mar. 12, 2023 </span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Forgiveness</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“As far as the east is from the west, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> so far has he removed our sins from us.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> —Ps. 103:12</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t fully grasp the distance</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">between east and west</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but when the sun rises over the ocean</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and sets over the gulf</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it illuminates what is far</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and mystifies the science</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that this is the same sun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that was yesterday here</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and tomorrow there.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If this is forgiveness,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the torching of the record</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">millions of miles away</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">where even the ashes </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cannot be traced </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">then my sins cannot</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">be found.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 18, Sat. Mar 11, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Joseph</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He set him as a master over his household,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> as a ruler over all his possessions,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To instruct his princes according to his will</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and to teach his elders wisdom.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> —Ps. 105:21-22</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another story</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of counterpoint</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reversal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">injustice </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">then justice?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are we to make</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of this Joseph</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thrown into the pit</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sold for silver</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">made a slave</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">then a ruler</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a teacher</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">deliverer of wisdom,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a foretaste of the Gospel?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 17, Fri. Mar. 10, 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Walking the Marsh</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, *</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> nor lingered in the way of sinners,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> nor sat in the seats of the scornful!” —Ps. 1:1</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hiked the Marsh trail today</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avoiding the soggy parts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of the path soaked</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By the high tide</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And rain storms</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We sought the counsel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of the feathered citizens</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of the preserve </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And being near midday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Found few </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Save a great white egret</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Napping on the other side</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of the lagoon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And when I called</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He lifted up his head</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And stretched his neck</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It did not fly away</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And we lingered</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In all that echoed good</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This side of Eden</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 16, Thu. Mar. 9, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sol</span></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Make your face to shine upon your servant,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and in your loving-kindness save me." </span></span>—Ps. 31:16<span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /></span></span></p><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It comes upon us on the dawning</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and leaves us when we turn away, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it shines on the right side </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of our faces </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as the plane banks west</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and hides in the shadow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on the left,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">each day we relearn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it’s return,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that in the darkest moments</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like the sun He is there</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as sure as when we turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to face the rays of kindness </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and feel the warmth again.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 15, Wed. Mar. 8, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Humming the Prepositions</span></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the holy habitation of the Most High.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span>—Ps. 46:5</p><span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the City of God</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are the echoes of the womb</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whose waters that once bore us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and to which we return.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the midst of a Michigan winter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we are flying </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to a warmer clime</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on the water flowing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from the Gulf </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> under bright sun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> beside the shimmering palms</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> over the sands</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Walking in open-toe shoes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">humming all the prepositions </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that are in me,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is it any wonder </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that we call this a slice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of heaven</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to which we are called home</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 14. Tue. Mar. 7, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Forgetting </span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember not our past sins;</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> let your compassion be swift to meet us; </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for we have been brought very low” —</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ps. 79:8</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The price of forgiveness is forgetting. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I did not remember to write</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">last evening </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and breakfast</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">de facto</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> broke the fast.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So now I am doubling up,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">atoning for my sin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of omission</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as I look forward</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to meeting compassion,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gathering it up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like a man thirsty</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on my desert journey.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 13, Mon. Mar. 6, 2023 </span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Watched</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from this time forth for evermore.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 121:8</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I replaced our doorbell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with a high-tech ring device</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that has a camera to watch </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the coming and going of the UPS </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Amazon delivery folks,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the film clips are saved</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">somewhere in the cloud</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in a heavenly YouTube</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that never expires</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on which I can click to play.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I imagine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this is the watchful eye</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">under which my life unfolds</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">one sordid chapter </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">after another</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I need to explain something</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on page 898</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">when I want to point to 1027</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">where an act of kindness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and forgiveness </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">erased the tapes.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 12, Sun. Mar. 5, 2023</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Passages</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">–Matt 5:44</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh, that my ways were made so direct </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that I might keep your statutes!”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 119:5</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh that there were a direct way</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to keep the law of love!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s hard enough to love all</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my neighbors,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but now one may be my enemy?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today a neighbor brought his snowblower</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to help me break the logjam </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the plow left last night.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He was about to finish the rest</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the driveway</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but I asked him to help my</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">neighbor struggling across the street,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“he’s older than me, I said.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s easy to love those helping</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">each other.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the Great War </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the two sides laid down</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">their weapons and played a game</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of football,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">there was laughter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and remembering. *</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I imagine shaking hands at the end</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and feeling thankful</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like I did after the passage</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was clear.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lent 11, Sat, Mar. 4, 2023</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">* See “WWI's Christmas Truce: When Fighting Paused for the Holiday,” The History Channel, 10/29/18, </span><a href="https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accounts" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accounts</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Emphasis</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“My soul waits for the Lord,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> more than watchmen for the morning, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> more than watchmen for the morning.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 130:6</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why does the poet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">repeat a line?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emphasis,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the teacher may say</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like italics, bold, underscore;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">stop here and pay attention</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in the middle of this song.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why the sixth verse of eight</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instead of the last?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because my soul is called</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to wait more,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the sun is coming up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the sun is coming up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I’m not a morning person.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fri, 3 Mar 23, Lent 10</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sweet Tooth</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“When I called, you answered me; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> you increased my strength within me.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 138:4</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a monthly call </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with an old friend,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it pops up on my calendar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as “coffee” on the first Friday,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we talk about personal, politics and business, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a PP&B sandwich,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">finger-food that nourishes the soul.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wonder when I make the call to God</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in a simple bedtime prayer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is it the dessert of the day?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thu, 2 Mar 23, Lent 9</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Clean Heart</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Create in me a clean heart, O God, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and renew a right spirit within me.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 51:11 </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think I understand</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gaining a clean mind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(or is it an emptying?)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But a clean heart?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The surgeon tells me that they</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">will use an electrode</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to map my heart from the inside</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and zap the errant sources</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the extra beats.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perhaps I am experiencing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the “be still my beating heart,”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the atonal notes that take the melody</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from me,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">perhaps the clean heart</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is the one returned to the song</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we heard at first hearing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the right spirit singing </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in the garden.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wed, 1 Mar 23, Lent 8</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">* “Be still, and know that I am God” –Ps. 46:10 (NIV)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Be still, my beating heart, be still!” –All One, by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/all-one" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/all-one</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Teshuvah</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Turn my eyes from watching what is worthless; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> give me life in your ways." </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">–Ps. 119:37</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each generation has it's worthless viewing,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I remember a neighbor calling it the boob tube</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was worried he meant Saturday morning cartoons</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and then came the early home computers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the productivity tools chomped by Pacman</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Internet brought the connections</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of surfing through shops and porn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and then the mobile phones</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for consulting at the table du cuisine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some may call them distractions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but the composer asks us to be distracted,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a reversal to what has value</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for repent means at its core</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">teshuvah, a turning back.*</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tue, 28 Feb 23, Lent 7</span></p><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">* "Teshuvah in Judaism: <span><a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/jewish-experience/holidays-religious-traditions/2021/september/atonement-yom-kippur-mirsky.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Guide to Repentance</span></a><span style="color: #26282a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" </span></span></p><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Gold-Shine</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“More to be desired are they than gold,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> more than much fine gold, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> sweeter far than honey,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> than honey in the comb.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 19:10</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I remember these words</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from a worship chorus</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we sang in college,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">students in a sit-in</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for the Lord.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mrs. White,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with equal hair,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the RD of the dorm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was our silent host</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as we sang round </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">after round</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of choruses we had</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mimeographed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on pastel paper pamphlets. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These were honey gold-shine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">moments</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and faith was new</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and sweet.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mon, 27 Feb 23, Lent 6</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Hiding Place</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"You are my hiding-place;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> you preserve me from trouble; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> you surround me with shouts of deliverance."</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> –Ps. 32:8</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I thought it was my man-cave</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that place of retreat</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to where I disappear</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and forget the basics,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the coming alive</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in conversation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My wife reminds me,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I am convicted,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">aching for the shouts of deliverance</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am not preserved from trouble</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this time.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sun, 26 Feb 23, Lent 5</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Dawning</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"if you offer your food to the hungry</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">then your light shall rise in the darkness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and your gloom be like the noonday." </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">–Isaiah 58:10 </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have been scouring the Internet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for the report about the ten-fold needed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">increase in humanitarian aid</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to meet the growing climate crisis.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the realm of big numbers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">small minds cannot weather the storm.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And yet the prophet tells us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the gloom can become noonday light</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">if we offer our food to the hungry,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and so it begins with one mouth to feed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and grows to the next and the next</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the next.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sat, 25 Feb 23, Lent 4</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Prize</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“This one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and straining forward to what lies ahead, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I press on toward the goal for the prize </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Philippians 3:13-21</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I remember she wrote on the cover page</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of a Bible a verse</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">she had memorized,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the goal for the prize,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it was an early birthday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and she was my grandmother</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">full of the Spirit and wisdom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I did not perceive</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">until long after she passed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now I am near her age </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of departure,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">she referred to it as being called home,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with both a twinkle and a dread in her eyes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">how can death be a prize?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I press on nonetheless</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the straining is more audible with each year</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is it to hear that call ever more clearly</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">than the echo over the horizon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from a Yodeler on the other side of the ridge.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fri, 24 Feb 23, Lent 3</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Question</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"They are like trees planted by streams of water,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Ps. 1:3 </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He tells us that that the question</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for our end of days</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is how well have we loved?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not what we believe</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but what we've done</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not simply good deeds,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but could we have loved more?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ever yes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but the height </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is never too high </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for trying</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for bearing fruit</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for watered trees.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thu, 23 Feb 23, Lent 2</span></p><br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Remote</span></b><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">–Ps. 51:18</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ice storm keeps us from gathering</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and again we enter through Zoom.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We use a charcoal capsule,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a supplement for an upset stomach,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">break it open and tap out</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it's ash onto a small fragile dish</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and wait for the words to come,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like a poet with a pen poised on paper</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it's code not yet deciphered </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the reminder that </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from where we've come</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we go again.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wed, 22 Feb 23, Ash Wednesday</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first draft of this poem was much shorter:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We use a charcoal capsule,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a supplement for an upset stomach,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">break it open and tap out</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it's ash onto a small fragile dish</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and wait for the words to come,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like a poet with a pen poised on paper</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the reminder that </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from where we've come</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we go again.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wed, 22 Feb 23, Ash Wednesday</span></p><br /><br /></span></div><p></p>Edward G. Happhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243859825189522834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991346993172720310.post-57143508825649852212022-03-09T18:08:00.047-08:002022-04-17T09:04:50.551-07:00Lenten Poems 2022<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Lenten Poems 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Writing <a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blog/post/edit/6991346993172720310/5714350882564985221">Lenten
Poems</a> was a tradition I began during silent retreats at St. Francis
Church, writing a poem a day during Lent. It's been over a decade
since. While away for spring break this year, Shirley and I talked about
what to give up and what to take on. For the latter, I suggested a daily
poem, sometimes taking an image from what is around us, to reflecting on a
passage from the <a href="https://www.lectionarypage.net/#dailylectio">daily
lectionary</a> that gave me pause. So here are a sheaf of poems from Ash
Wednesday to Easter. Some are a bit odd,
some not very good, but as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/29/books/poetry-plain-and-tattooed.html">William
Stafford</a> once said when asked what he did on days he was not so good, “Well,
then I just lower my standards.” To
write anyway, is a freedom we can ill afford to discard.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Ed<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoTocHeading"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066434">Ash Wednesday</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The frozen bay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with its dusting of snow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">reaches to the horizon <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">if the color of ash were
white<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">we would be immersed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">looking out I am reminded<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of my insignificance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the dust to which I will
return<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and yet I will wring <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">meaning from these words <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">humbled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">yet moved by the beauty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of something not seen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">before<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Wed, Mar 2, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066435"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif"></span>Driving
into the snow</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The falling flakes are
determined<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to go in the opposite
direction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as if they are saying
don’t rush there<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it has the look of
jumping <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">into hyper-space<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in an old star trek
episode<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with the surprise <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that when you arrive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">you are not quite sure
how<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">With a steady hand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I follow the tracks in
front of me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and hope the driver<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">somewhere up ahead <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">has made all good
decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">what are the chances?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">there are no lines<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the snow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">just the occasional feel <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of the rumple strips<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to let me know I’ve gone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">too far left or too far
right<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As I journey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">through this life<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I imagine God<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">nudging me <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a rumple to the hands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">when I can’t see far
ahead<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to color inside the lines<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and sometimes risk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">outside <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Thu, Mar 3, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066436">Mirrors</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">On a two-lane road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the northern woods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">straight as an arrow <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to the horizon,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for twenty miles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a gray sedan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is tailing me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but he keeps his
distance,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I check the mirror <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">each quarter mile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to be sure,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">though I am going <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">plus five<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">he keeps the rhythm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and the twenty yards back<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">until I relax,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then on a hill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with a rare passing lane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">he accelerates to plus
twenty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">passes to my left,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I wonder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">if that’s <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">how evil operates,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">keeping its distance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but matching stride for
stride<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">until we think it’s safe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then striking, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">taking the lead from us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and watching us fall
behind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in his mirror<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fri, Mar 4, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066437">Siege</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Haiku<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Feeder's empty
shells <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">where black seeds have
been plundered <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the crows have moved on <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sat, Mar 5, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"The haiku is a
Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the
first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The haiku developed
from the hokku, the opening three lines of a longer poem known as a tanka."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">haiku | Definition,
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066438">Amaryllis</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There are few ways of
saying glory!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that are clearer than
this trumpeting flower;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it arrived a trimmed bulb<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">during Advent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We watched its daily
journey <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with growing anticipation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it was coming soon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">long green finger-leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">spread its open palm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to give its gift<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">first one, then two,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then three and four<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in sequence played<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the triumphant air<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">saved for such times<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then bowed so the next <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">could shine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">after their piece was
done<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">they clung to the stem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to life<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to the memory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sun, Mar 6, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boi Cavalo*</span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The chef in Lisbon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">told us that if anyone
saw something new<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the market,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">they must buy it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and find a way to cook
and serve it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Today I read in the
Propers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"The fear of the
Lord is clean"**<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I am stuck on the
newness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of fear that is more than
cleansing,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it is clean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">not in itself<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but by its object<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So often we read in the
text<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"be not afraid"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that other fear <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that is not the fear of
the Other<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but the fear of myself<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of losing myself;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but if I am found<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I shiver in the majesty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of His seeking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Is that the fear that is
clean?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So, I must bring this to
the pan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">add some oil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and stir<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">until the sweet fragrance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">rises to my nostrils;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">If I am puzzled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then I am open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to being cleansed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Mon, Mar 7, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">* Restaurant Boi-cavalo, </span><a href="https://boi-cavalo.pt/en"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">https://boi-cavalo.pt/en</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">** Psalm 19:9, </span><a href="https://www.lectionarypage.net/WeekdaysOfLent/MondayFirstWeek.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.lectionarypage.net/WeekdaysOfLent/MondayFirstWeek.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066439">Looking for signs</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Isaiah 55:6–11<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"Seek the Lord while
he may be found,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">call upon him while he is
near"<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I tell my students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that the contract is like
a safety net;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">you may never need it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but it's always there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I thought the same about
prayer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">God always listening,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">wasn't that one of the
Omni's?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I thought I was the one
side<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of the conversation that
needed to draw near.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But now I wonder if God
has His seasons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I am looking for the
signs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tue, Mar 8, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066440">Second chances</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">"Who knows? God may
relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do
not perish… When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways,
God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon
them; and he did not do it. --Jonah 3:1-10 (excerpt)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">God may relent and change
his mind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and then God does,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is there any doubt in
whose image we are created?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">All prayer seems based on
this,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that the God of the
Omni's<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">can intervene in God's
ways,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a hardened heart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">can become pliant again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and kindness shine <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from inside the egg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and burst forth,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">do we hope (and pray) for
less<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from our fellow human
traveler?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Wed, Mar 9, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066441">Fear and Trembling</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Put eloquent speech in
my mouth before the lion…” Esther 14:12-14<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Before the lion there is first
the fear,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the silent trembling,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">will he smell my weakness?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When I worked as a guard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">at the corporate gates,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I faithfully signed out
all the after-hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">comings and goings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">One working the evening
cleaning crew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">was leaving earlier than
he should,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I dutifully marked
the clipboard;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">He saw and jumped out of
his car<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">storming into the
guardhouse screaming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“You are messing with my income!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A quick look to my fellow
guard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">said not to confront him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So I was silent in my
fear<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">until he left<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then felt the shame wash
over me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There were no words of
eloquence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When the lion paced back
and forth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I was speechless,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">unable to imagine what
the Lord <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">would have me say.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Thu, Mar. 10, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066442">Waiting</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">My soul waits for the
Lord,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">more than watchmen for
the morning, *<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">more than watchmen for
the morning. –Psalm 130:5<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I would think many times<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that nothing was sweeter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">than achieving a goal,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">working hard <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and getting there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">My father taught us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the virtue of sweat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">out with the toxins, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in with the good,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the stained, wet t-shirt
worn <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as a badge of toil.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But the creative moment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">never came by striving<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it only arrived when
pausing,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">waiting for the sweet
words<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of peace washing over me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">like the light coming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">over the horizon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fri, Mar. 11, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066443">Paths</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Oh, that my ways were
made so direct *<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that I might keep your
statutes! –Psalm 119:5<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I remember<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">my priest saying <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">two decades ago,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“God draws straight <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with crooked lines.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">John cried in the
wilderness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with Isaiah:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">‘Prepare the way of the
Lord,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> make his paths straight.*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In a place of wandering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">could there be a straight
path?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It does not look that way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">at the beginning <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of our journey;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">looking back<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">seems to pick out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the taut thread<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">among the wrinkled fabric.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I think rather the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">has aligned my crooked
paths<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and wrought meaning <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">* Mark 1:2-4; Isaiah
45:13<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sat. Mar. 12, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98066444">Beacons?</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The robins have returned<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the mid-March snow,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">have these beacons of spring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">got it wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">They gather in the crab
apple tree,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">puffed up redbreasts,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">their pride a dashed
contrast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in their hunger;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The dried fruit has hung
on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for this harvest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and one by one<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">they yield to the pull<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of these proud ground hunters,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">their glory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">buried ‘neath the
vestiges<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of winter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the north.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sun., Mar 13, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98178676">Together</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A pause in Lent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for this is a feast day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and feast we have.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to say my life has been
enriched<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">would itself be in need
of confession<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for it does not reach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the height nor depth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that your love has
wrought—<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> “worked into shape by artistry”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> “elaborately embellished”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> “deeply stirred”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">sometimes the purveyor of
meanings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is poetic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">My life has not,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">will not<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">be the same—<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">when I met you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">when you met me,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">when we met<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and became the banquet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of three.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Mar. 14, 2022, written after the Sunday feast, for our 7<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary on Monday<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Definitions by
Merriam-Webster, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrought">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrought</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98335451">Surgery</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Wash yourselves; make
yourselves clean;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">remove the evil of your
doings<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from before my eyes” --Isaiah
1:16<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The pre-op instructions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">take two pages of notes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that I write furiously;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">take this, not that<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it reads like the “thou
shalts;”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the washing is with special
soap,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">once at night<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and once in the morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and thou shalt not apply
lotion!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I follow the rules to the
letter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the hope that my
passage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">through the OR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">may be acceptable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The room is pristine <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as they strap me to the
table<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">like a sacrifice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">all is sterile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">all is white<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">all blurs <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and wiped clean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the evil excised<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">until I respond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and am moved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tue., 15 Mar 22<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
</h2><h2><a name="_Toc98435798">Apprentice</a><o:p></o:p></h2><h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“So I went down to the
potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. The vessel he was making
of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another
vessel, as seemed good to him.” – Jeremiah 18:1:3-4<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">The refrain of the old
spiritual<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">rings in my head<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“He’s got the whole world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">in His hands,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">He’s got the whole world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">In His hands…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Jeremiah is sent to watch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">the potter mold the vase<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">then start again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">mold the vase<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">until it’s right <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“He’s got the whole world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">In His hands…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">How many times <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">do I seek His word<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">and it’s right here<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">In the everyday work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">my whole world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">in my hands,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">My Master<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">at my shoulder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">humming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
</h2><h2><a name="_Toc98435799">Transplants</a><o:p></o:p></h2><h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“They shall be like a
tree planted by water,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">sending out its roots by
the stream.” -- Jeremiah 17:8<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">My wife is growing oyster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">mushrooms,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">the fertile log<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">is in a moist terrarium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">in partial light;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">she checks it daily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">and marvels at its rapid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">growth;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">soon there will be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">an abundant harvest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">and I imagine the
culinary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">creations she will make<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">I keep a diary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">of all the places I have
lived <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">and worked;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">it is long and the travel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">wide;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">there seems little time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">to put down roots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">for the oak and maple<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">yet each has been called
home;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">the places I have sown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">less memorable<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">than the people<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">I have become<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">The river runs through it
all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">And I am nourished.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Thu., Mar. 17, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p></h2><h2><a name="_Toc98613985">The Turn in the Plot</a><o:p></o:p></h2><h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“The stone that the
builders rejected<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">has become the
cornerstone” –Matthew 21:42a<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Watching the masons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">quickly fashion a brick facade<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">they toss aside the
imperfect,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">what they expected a
brick to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">I imagine a poor and needy
person<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">who lost their home in a
mega-storm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">searching through the
scraps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">finding this misshapen brick,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">putting it in his backpack<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">with a smile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">and saying<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">to himself,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“I will rebuild”,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">even if a stone at a
time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Our faith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">may be called the Great
Reversal,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">the unexpected,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">the surprise,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">the turn in the plot<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">that calls into question <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">our safe and sure
assumptions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">If the first will be last<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">and the last first,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">we may need to rethink<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">most of the dark castles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">we’ve built in our minds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fri., Mar. 18, 2022</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p></h2><h2><a name="_Toc98613986">Feast of St. Joseph</a><o:p></o:p></h2><h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>“Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety." He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what he said to them. Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart.” -- Luke 2:41-51</i></span></span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Today is the feast of
Saint Joseph,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">and I am tempted to ask<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">like the Sicilian in <i>The
Princess Bride,</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“Who is that guy”?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">He is barely mentioned, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">and when Mary says,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“Your father and I have
been searching for you in great anxiety”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">the son answers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“Did you not know that I
must be in my Father's house?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Inconceivable! says the
Sicilian.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">What 12-year-old gets
away with this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Afterward, Luke says,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">He was then “obedient to
them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Unwritten words must have
been exchanged.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Foretelling “they did not
understand what he said to them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Wasn’t that the story of
much of his life?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">It did not gain the full
meaning <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">until afterward,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">as the high priest says
in another movie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">confronting the inconceivable
tomb,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“Now it begins.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sat., Mar. 19, 2022</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;">William Goldman, “The Princess Bride,” 1987</span><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;">Franco Zeffirelli, “Jesus of Nazareth,” 1977</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98699945">Naked Feet</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“for the place on which
you are standing is holy ground” –Exodus 3:5b<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">After the snow melted,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I walked through the
garden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">among the old fallen
leaves,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and a piece of metal grabbed
the sunlight;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I reached to pick it up,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a chrome hook from one of
the feeders<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that I thought was lost,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but here it was shining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the late winter sun;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">this ground which was
familiar ground,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">cold and damp and covered,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">revealed itself<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">like what I imagine the
ground<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">around the bush<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">was and became<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to a startled Moses,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">holiness among the common<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that became uncommon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and worthy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of only naked feet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sun., Mar. 20, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><h2>A Stillness<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>“As the deer longs for
the water-brooks, *<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>so longs my soul for you,
O God.” –Psalm 42:1</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In the hills above
Hanover<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">walking the blue-blazes that
branch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from the Appalachian
trail,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I hear the callings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">before seeing them:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the chickadee,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">chipmunk,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and squirrel;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">only the deer practices<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">silence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a stillness that is the
hope<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of not being found;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but it is hope I have<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">on this path<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">made firm through the
forest,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">hope that the words will
come<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and find me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with a calling that
demands a stillness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Monday, Mar. 21, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“The word "waterbrook" is,
apparently, an archaic form of "brook," which, apparently, means the same thing
(a small, natural stream of fresh water).”
--</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/waterbrooks.26944/">https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/waterbrooks.26944/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc98876446">Trail</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Show me your ways, O
Lord, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and teach me your paths.”
–Psalm 25:3<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">On the long trail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">through many states<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I’d look for the white
blaze<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to continue ahead,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">or the two for turning right
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">or left.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sometimes the distance
was long<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I’d wonder if I had
made a wrong turn,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">sometimes I’d double back<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and start anew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from the last place I was
sure,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">sometimes I’d have to
admit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I was lost<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and call for the signs <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of north or west<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to lead me off the path<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and hope to cross a road <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">or stream.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There are few times<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">more jarring <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">than to lose<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a sense of direction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and hunger for the
familiar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">way through the forest,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to summon the faith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that I will get out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and the hope I will be
found.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tue, Mar. 22, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc99024389">Blessed Ambiguities</a> <o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“I will open my mouth in
a parable; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I will declare the
mysteries of ancient times.’ –Psalm 78:2<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I read that the One<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">who speaks in parables<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">often leaves the listener
guessing,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I wonder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">if the mystery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">invites a search<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for meaning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and that these moments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">may be blessed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">ambiguities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Wed., Mar. 23, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc99024390">Stiffened Neck</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“yet they did not listen
to me, or pay attention, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but they stiffened their
necks.” --Jeremiah 7:26<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">My chiropractor <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">has a Lucite, protractor-like
device<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that measures how far I
can turn my head<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">left or right;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it shows what the
adjustment improves,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">though I suspect Jeremiah
is thinking more <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">about an attitude adjustment
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and the “stiffened neck”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as a failure to look left
and right<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to see which way the Spirit
blows,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">mindful of the gap</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">that needs crossing.</span></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Thu., Mar. 24, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc99134259">Annunciation</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>“He has cast down the
mighty from their thrones,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>and has lifted up the
lowly.” –From the Magnificat, Luke 1:52<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The mallards have returned
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">their exile to the south
has past<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">now busy with the work of
spring,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">They march from the pond <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to the east <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to the one to the west<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">like the day casting
shadows.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I set a ground feeder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">on their path<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">so I can watch from<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">my office window,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">she, leading the way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and he, following behind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When she stops to eat,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">he keeps guard,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">his green regal head<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">looking left and right<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then at the King behind
the glass.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She scoops with her bill <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">munching quickly,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">swallows the seeds whole,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">an array of millet clinging
to her<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">like a toddler’s mustache
of milk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Then she is off, picking
up speed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as he rushes to catch up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She is on a mission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and knows there soon <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">will be little ones<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and all this lowly metaphor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">will rise up with meaning
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the midst of Lent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fri., Mar. 25, 2022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<h2>Confession<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“The sacrifice of God is
a troubled spirit; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a broken and contrite
heart” –Psalm 51:18<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In the company of friends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">when I heard you speak<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of your illness,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">though you used the past tense<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it still struck as a
hammer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">by your words<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">both redeemed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and shattered anew;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">how am I to be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but troubled?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When the water glass <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">was cracked<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I could not drink this
cup,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">still it held the cut
orchid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that blooms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">again and again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I am ever grateful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sat., Mar. 26, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<h2>Prodigal<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“…he was lost and has
been found.” –Luke 15:32<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I remember my father’s funeral<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">we were each asked<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to say some words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Before I read a poem,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I introduced myself <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as the black sheep of the
family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Later, at the reception, a
parishioner asked,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why did you describe
yourself <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as the black sheep?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I gestured around the
room<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And said, I’m probably
the only one<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">here who did not vote
Republican.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Startled, she said, “but
why?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I had come home to mourn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">not only my father’s
passing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but our differences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sun., Mar. 27, 2022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>The Golden String<o:p></o:p></h2><h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">“I give you the end of a
golden string;<br />
Only wind it into a ball,<br />
It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate,<br />
Built in Jerusalem’s wall.”
--William Blake<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">My
mother passed this day last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">It
was Palm Sunday then,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">so
appropriate that she rode into heaven <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">through
Jerusalem’s gate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Today
I remember Blake’s line<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">that
Stafford had pinned above his desk.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I
am ever following that string,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">riding through the gate of the poet’s words</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">and in my mother’s footsteps.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br />Mon., Mar. 28, 2022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">W. Blake, </span><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/I_give_you_the_end_of_a_golden_string"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/I_give_you_the_end_of_a_golden_string</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">* Robert Bly, </span><i style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The Darkness Around Us is Deep, p. vii.</span></i></p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>Sabbath<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“My Father is still
working, and I also am working.” –John 5:17<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I wonder if on the day of
rest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">God is still listening,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">adding to God’s to-do
list,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">ready for the Monday <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">at the office of
Creation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The troubled and thankful
heart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">likely says more on the
Sabbath<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then other days,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">perhaps making this <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">an intercession<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">rather than an
intermission.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Which, I wonder, is more
holy?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tue., Mar. 29, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>Forgotten <o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“yet I will not forget
you.” --Isaiah 49:15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I try to forget<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the old moments of pain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and sorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but they are with me;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">they have made me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as much as the seasons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of engagement <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and elation;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and yet we read <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that the Lord forgives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and forgets,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that my evil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and brokenness cease<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to exist.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">No wonder the Holy One<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Says again and again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“You are set free.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Will I dare<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to become the better self<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that was always there<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and not forgotten?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Wed. Mar. 30, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>Ashes<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Remember that you are
dust, and to dust you shall return.” —BCP<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A
family patriarch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in his nineties <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">once told me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">his meetings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with old friends was more<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and more as pallbearer, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">such is the blessing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of outliving all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">your friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We are reminded <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with each passing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that we are somewhere<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in that queue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">asking, “who will carry
me?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Friends come and go<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but families endure, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">there are children,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">grandchildren, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and great-grandchildren <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to be proud of,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">marvel at their youth,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">thankful I will be carried
on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Thu., Mar. 31, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">At times, a feast day
must be taken in the midst of Lent. That
is what the 7 Sundays are in Lent that make the 47 calendar days 40 in the
wilderness. To that, I add a personal
feast day, celebrating Shirley’s birthday, to whom this poem is dedicated.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>Shirley<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I think you may be
happiest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">when there is something <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">at your fingertips<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that is growing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">or about to grow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">even in the long winter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that is Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When you opened<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the Lion's Mane kit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">you were wrapped up in it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with a look of
determination<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and sheer joy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that are among the gifts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">you make to those<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">around you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As when you create <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a splendid dish,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">there is this opening-up<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of your spirit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as if you are blooming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from the mist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of anticipation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and about to share<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">what you imagine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with the rest of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fri., Apr. 1, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc99887280"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif"></span>Made
a fool</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Search and you will see that no prophet
is to arise from Galilee” —John 7:52<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I sometimes wonder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">if the basic bias<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is to decide where to
search<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and not to search,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it is not an openness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to find only the expected<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">rather than what you don’t
expect;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Don’t we learn as budding
scientists<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">To assume we are wrong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">until proven otherwise,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to become the fool<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">at the opening of the
play<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">rather than be made a
fool<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">before the hero saves the
day?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sat, Apr. 2, 2022<br clear="all" style="break-before: page; mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><h2><a name="_Toc99887281">Laughter</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Then was our mouth
filled with laughter, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and our tongue with
shouts of joy.” --Psalm 126:2<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It was after my mother’s
funeral<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the three siblings and
spouses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">went to lunch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">near the harbor <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">reminisced<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and laughed,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">not at her passing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but at our living,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the crazy things we did<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and said as kids;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it is this humor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that has been passed on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to us and our children;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">my youngest granddaughter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">once exclaimed to her
mother,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Today we are going to
have <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">more fun than flamingos!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And they did.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The joy that is passed on
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is seeing the joy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in those who come behind
us <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the laughter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is from the laughter <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that rolls from their
mouths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sun. Apr. 3, 2022</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc99998120">Revival</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> “He makes me lie down in green pastures *<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and leads me beside still
waters.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> He
revives my soul’ –Psalm 23:2-3a<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We go to the backyard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">after the sun sets<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and lie face-up <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">on freshly mown green
grass.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The stars <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">on a Swiss night<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">are sharp,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">poignant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There is no twinkle here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It is mid-August<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and we are waiting for
the first<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Perseid meteor,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a so-called shooting star
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">making its mark on the vast
heavens<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that arch above us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It is a long wait<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">our voices still,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">gazing left and right,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">then “There!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a fleeting presence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that warms <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">our souls<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">hungering for <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for the touch of awe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Mon., Apr. 4, 2022 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>Boosters<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> “For the Lord looked down from his holy
place on high; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from the heavens he
beheld the earth;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> That he might hear the groan of the captive <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and set free those
condemned to die” --Psalm 102:19-20<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Isn’t that all of us?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Those condemned to die?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As Hubbard mockingly
said,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“You surely will never
get out of it alive.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The closer one gets to
the end<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the more we groan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">especially when getting
up from a sofa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">too soft to help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The chairs for the aging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">should be spring-loaded,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a booster seat for the
retired.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I can still hear my
father’s voice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Booming in the morning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“up and at ‘em!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When I figure out the “up”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I will have to ponder the
“at ‘em.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Perhaps then<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I will be set straight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tue., Apr. 5, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc100183225">Babel</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Glory to you, beholding
the depths;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the high vault of
heaven, glory to you.” –Canticle 13, Benedictus es, Domine<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Standing near the base <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of the Burj Khalifa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the Lotte World Tower<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the World Trade Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">it was a strain <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to see the top, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and the journey <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to the observation decks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">was an ear-popping ride;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">standing at the window <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and looking down<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to the depths below<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">was an exercise in
vertigo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that one stepped back
from.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Lewis reminded us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that “the highest does
not stand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">without the lowest”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and Tillich wrote of the “shaking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of the foundations.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Over a score ago<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the towers fell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and it was ten years <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">before I could go to the
site<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and stand at the edge of
the fountain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">You ask me why the depths<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and the vault speak to me;
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I will answer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Babel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Wed., Apr. 6, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the Tower of Babel story: “And the Lord said, “…this is only the
beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be
impossible for them.” --Genesis 11:6</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc100266369">A Face That Is Not My Own</a> <o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Search for the Lord and
his strength; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">continually seek his
face.” --Psalm 105:4<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As I grow older<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and see the strength of
my youth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">slip away<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I seek to delay and defer;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">surely there is still<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a child hiding in the
shadows<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">who makes an appearance, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">like the cedar waxwings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">we saw landing in the crabapple
tree<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to feast on the
winter-dried berries?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But then they were gone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">left for a northern
spring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I am searching<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for a strong grasp<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for a face that is not my
own.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Thu., Apr. 7, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc100522031">The Enticement</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“O Lord, you have enticed
me,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> and I was enticed;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">you have overpowered me,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> and you have prevailed.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">...then within me there
is something like a burning fire<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> shut up in my bones;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I am weary with holding
it in,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> and I cannot.” </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">-- Jeremiah 20:7a, 9b</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">My priest talked about<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a nudge from God,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the whisper in the ear<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to go and ask,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and he did.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">How could I say no?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It has traveled with me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and when I feel the heat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from the stirring in my
bones<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">how could I forget<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">his story?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I reach anew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">for the pen <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and trust that there is<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">always more than<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">just these jottings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">on the tablet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that nudge me <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to listen to the
enticement <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fri, Apr. 8, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc100522032">Rope Bridge</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Will you not give us
life again,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that your people may
rejoice in you?” —Psalm 85:6<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Inevitably in the story<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is the rope bridge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">with missing and shaky
slats<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of splintered wood<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">strung between one ridge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and another,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">fear and destruction
pushing from behind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and hope, milk and honey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">pulling from the other,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">we must make the crossing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and find this tenuous
bridge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is not one-way,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">we are drawn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to the profane,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and as the wind turns,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">we yearn for the holy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">again and again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">each story my story,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">into the exile of
captivity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and then into the
promised land.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sat, Apr. 9, 2022<br clear="all" style="break-before: page; mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>A Shouting <o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">He answered, "I tell
you, if these were silent, <br /> the stones would shout out." Luke 19:40<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In the silence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is a shouting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that cannot be silenced.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Justice, like adoration,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">must be spoken,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">said aloud,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">so all can hear<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and not shrink <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from the convicting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that truth brings,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the “even me”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is in his path,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I am caught up<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the procession<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to Jerusalem’s gate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Palm Sunday, Apr. 10,
2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc100827527">From mother to child</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Your love, O Lord,
reaches to the heavens, *<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> and your faithfulness to the clouds.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Your righteousness is
like the strong mountains,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> your justice like the great deep; —Psalm
36:5-6a<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">With outstretched arms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I love you this big<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I love you as big<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as the whole world <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">comes the child’s reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I love you to the moon <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I love you to the stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and galaxies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I love you more than<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the Heavens can expand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and still we do not<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">grasp the reach of God<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">but are cradled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as sure as the toddler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">stretches the
superlatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Mon., Apr. 11, 2020</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2><a name="_Toc100827528">Missy</a><o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Listen to me, O
coastlands,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> pay attention, you peoples from far away! –Isaiah
49:1<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The mallard we named
Missy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">has come to the ground
feeder <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as she travelers the
yards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">from pond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to house to the next.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She sees me in the window<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and calls to me as surely<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as the wind,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">this feeder is empty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I have stopped in
vain!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So, I gather up the
offering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in a red plastic pail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and shift it into the
feeders<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in the hope that she <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">will come again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and I will hear her
voice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tue., Apr. 12, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<h2>Teacher<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“The Lord God has given
me<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> the tongue of a teacher, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that I may know how to
sustain<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> the weary with a word.” —Isaiah 50:4<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The weight of the teacher
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">is wearying;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">how will the listener <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">be sustained?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">graduates, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">turns from front<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of the classroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and walks out into <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There must be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a turning away,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a betrayal, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">just as the child <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">leaves home;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">even the animosity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">must be borne,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a death must occur,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">before there is the
discovery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">that the word endures,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the teacher <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">given back his life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Wed., Apr 13, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><h2>Maundy*<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Then he poured water
into a basin and</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">began to wash the disciples’ feet and</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.” --John 13:5<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I read that Muslims <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">wash their feet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">before prayer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a rite of purification,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">five times daily.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Jesus washed the disciples’
feet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">as an act of love and service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why the feet,” I wonder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Are they what grounds us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">to the earth?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Yet Moses shed his
sandals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">before the Voice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">because it was holy ground.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And it is into the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">we are buried.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And from the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">the crops and souls will rise.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Which way is up?<br /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Maundy Thursday, Apr. 14,
2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">* Maundy – “a ceremony of
washing the feet of the poor” –M. Webster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>Good Friday</h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"It is
finished." --John 19:30<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are leaving<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the old church<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">in silence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The shrouded cross<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">left on the altar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">tied with a purple sash.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She turns to me *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and says,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I don’t like this
service.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It’s a funeral,”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I say, as if that makes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">it understood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She is no longer with us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">having left<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">this old journey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">in silence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We gathered in that place<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to celebrate her life,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">but the sorrow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">lingers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Good Friday, Apr. 16, 2022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">* Remembering Alice
Smith</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<h2>The Hounding<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“He has walled me about
so that I cannot escape” -- Lamentations 3:7<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A friend<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">must be sedated before<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">entering the tube of the
MRI,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">closed spaces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">cause his heart to race.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The recurring dream<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">is often about being chased;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">there is no escape<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">but to wake up panting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As Thompson wrote,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">there is a Hound of
Heaven *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and the Fathers remind us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">His pursuit is
relentless. **<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Even the stone walls<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">of a tomb cannot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">keep Him out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Holy Saturday, Apr. 16,
2022</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">* Francis Thompson, "The Hound of
Heaven," </span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/second/en227/texts/thompson-hound.pdf">https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/second/en227/texts/thompson-hound.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">** Augustine, Luther</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><h2>Easter<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
wolf and the lamb shall feed together —Isaiah 65:25<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I notice the piece of
paper <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">held on the fridge door
with a magnet,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">with characters <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">from another tongue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I do not understand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She tells me it’s a
recipe,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and knowing her<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I trust that it will be
good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But I secretly hope<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">for the lamb.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The old saying<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to beware <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">if the wolf is at the
door,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“some danger, threat, or
calamity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">is imminent, or at hand.”
*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But today<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">we are told the wolf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and the lamb are dining
partners, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">hope sees fear consumed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">rather than consuming;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">that is the feast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">we sit down to partake<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Look, all things are made
new! **<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">if I don’t understand <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I can still break bread<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and drink wine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">with you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Easter Sunday, Apr. 17,
2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">* Farlex, “The Free
Dictionary,” <a href="https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wolf+at+the+door">https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wolf+at+the+door</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">** 2 Corinthians 5:17,
KJV<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Most quotes are from the
NSRV and excerpts from the Common Lectionary:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://www.lectionarypage.net/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.lectionarypage.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All Poems © Copyright 2022, E. G. Happ, All Rights
Reserved</span></i></div><p></p>Edward G. Happhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243859825189522834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991346993172720310.post-35657635097040855042018-09-09T14:09:00.000-07:002018-09-09T14:09:11.199-07:00Come with me - A Sermon on the Song of Songs<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sermon
– Come with me<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">St.
Clare’s Church<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">September 2, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Proper 17<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Song
of Solomon 2:8-17 (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">note the 4 additional
verses plz!</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Psalm
45:1-2, 7-10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">James
1:17-27 (10:00 am service only)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mark
7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Dedication verse of prayer:
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"He has made
everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart;
yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Arise,
my love, my fair one,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and
come away;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for
now the winter is past,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the
rain is over and gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
flowers appear on the earth;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the
time of singing has come"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh,
to write such words as these. …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
some of you know I teach information science in the context of disasters and
management. It is not yet been two years at the university. I began as a young
theologian; an unlikely beginning for what followed. For 40 years, I was
immersed in the practice of technology, and the last 17 of those working for
humanitarian organizations. But for over 50 years I've also been a
writer, ever since an 8th grade English teacher said, "we are now going to
write poems,” and we were terrified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
I approach the poetry of our text from a variety of perspectives, but perhaps
most as a graying poet among the faithful. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>1) The call of lovers<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></h3>
<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Song of Solomon or Song of Songs is often read at weddings. It is foremost
about the passion of lovers, and it's in a sacred text. What's not to
like? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since
God, religion and ethics are not mentioned, its position in the Jewish canon
was disputed for many years, until settled in the 1st century. It was then that
the religious meaning became an allegory of the love of God for his people,
Israel, that was read during Passover, in the springtime. The
Christians adopted the allegory but saw it as the love of Christ for His Church.<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well,
doesn't that just get your blood pumping?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
poet and scholar, Edward Hirsch, says this is the "greatest love poem ever
written" filled with "extravagant comparisons.” <a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
I love the richness in the phrase "extravagant comparisons." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sometimes
we grasp at such comparisons to the world around us to speak of things
ineffable –of love and the holy. But it is also the reality that it is
familiar, it is near, woven into our reality as the God who comes to us.
The poet-writer of the Song of Songs gathers all that is within her reach to
describe the natural joy of love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you ask an eight-year-old child to count the animals in the poem they may find
five, and the older child may name the five flora and the five
landscapes. There is song, and the voice of birds; the fragrance of
blossoms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(I
want to pause here and pay homage to the tapestries that now grace and frame
the cross at St. Clare’s; here there are trees, valleys, fruit and flowers,
just as are in the poem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If ever a poem
and a work of art sang harmony, it is today’s text and these tapestries.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
poem is steeped in the familiar. We are immersed in the senses. It
is almost as if the author is seeking to bring all that is about, that is
before us, to the task of comparing, of metaphor, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One
of the games I'd play with my son is stretching my arms out and saying, "I
love you this much." To which he'd point to the ceiling and say,
"I love you that much" "I love you more than the whole
world," I'd expand; and he'd reply, "I love you to the moon and
back." You get the picture. Each time, we'd try to reach further to
describe how big our love is. I sometimes wonder if God was doing some of
that when, with the creative expansiveness of the universe, He said, "Let
there be light!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
poet speaks like this. "Come away with me," beyond all the
things you see living and not. He speaks of love in all these familiar
nouns, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and </i>more than them. Love
is at the same time the great "Other," beyond; and the One who is
familiar, near. We are called to both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How can we speak of such things without metaphors, of things familiar?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
often write poems in cards I give to Shirley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They start with a painting or photo on the cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For one of our wedding poems, the painting on
the card was by Lynn Tait, of two chairs outside an old farmhouse with blue
shutters, from a place in Greece near where we honeymooned. The chairs have
become a metaphor for how we connect with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allow the common elements to speak… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two Chairs<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We may look at these two chairs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that face us as empty,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sitting outside this rugged house<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">with the closed blue shutter<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and stucco falling from the field stone,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">but I see all the conversations<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that have not yet happened,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the laughter that has not yet<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rung out across this path,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the glance that comes<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">before the kiss;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">what has been behind this window<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">tied shut with a bit of straw<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">has been,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and what is yet to come<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cannot be kept within these walls;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">come sit with me<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and start a story<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as if it were tomorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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2) The call of God</h3>
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<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
if <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God</i> were speaking in the Song of
Songs. "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away." This is
the call of the lover that is also the call of God. How do we approach
such words?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">M.
Scott Peck talks about the God who pursues us as a lover; like the famous poem
the <i>Hound of Heaven</i>, "He chases us with a vigor that is matched
only by the vigor with which we may flee from Him.<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>" A
God who <i>chases us!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There
is a wonderful scene in Franco <span style="background: white;">Zeffirelli</span> 's
<i>Jesus of Nazareth,</i> where Jesus is calling one of the disciples to
follow him, and the reaction is not one of adulation but of frustration and
exasperation... “What does he expect me to do?<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>”
Yet still Jesus pursues him… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Again
we hear, “Come away with me.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is
this not His call to us also? …But here is the paradox, we are called to
action <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">in</i> the world. In the here and
now. This is the familiar context of the poem; Christ's love is compared
to the flowers, fig tree, vines in blossom, lilies-- all of the things
that are near to us. This is not a call to flee, but to be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fully present</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My mother sends me a birthday card each year where she
underlines some words in the card, sometimes three times, with exclamation
points, to add her emphasis. I am grateful she read the card that closely. It
is a bit more personal, and I look forward to receiving it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
sometimes wish the Bible’s authors would underline a word or two. What does it
mean? Or are we called, like the lovers in the Song of Songs, to just let
it be, let it wash over us and simply ask what comes to me in this poem?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>3) The call to home<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
this poem is about the lovers and about God's love for us, is also a call to
home. "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Coming
home has many meanings, for lovers, for family reunions, for pilgrimages.
Ultimately it is about the end of time as we know it. We say "he was
called home" when a loved one dies. It’s a euphemism, indeed; but it also
reflects the deeper meaning in the poem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
group of my students are studying how refugees communicate and use the
Internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have spent much time
talking about what it must be like to be a refugee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What information we would hunger for if we
were a refugee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a deeper level, we
may think “this could be us.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we
would be right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are all refugees in a
very real sense, and we long to be home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was Pascal who said “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of
each [of us],”<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
one that can only be satisfied by our Creator. The One who calls us home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All
this has hope and possibility with the art of poetry. Sometimes intended,
sometimes appropriated, but here we are; we come with the expectation that God
will call and we will hear his voice, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">now,</i>
with our loved ones, and in the poetry of the words and blessings we say and
sing as we worship this day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the mystery of the Song of Songs: The One who calls us home is the One who
pursues us here and now, like a lover who yearns for her mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May
it be so for each of us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
priest, who assisted at our wedding, always ends with this blessing, which is
always a joyful reminder:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Life
is short.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don't have much time to gladden the hearts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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those who walk this way with us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
be swift to love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make haste to be kind."<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Edward G. Happ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:Ed.happ@gmail.com">Ed.happ@gmail.com</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> A
page of poems and writings I considered while writing this reflection, may be
found on my poetry Blog, here: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://poetryworkbook.blogspot.com/2018/09/poems-for-sundays.html">http://poetryworkbook.blogspot.com/2018/09/poems-for-sundays.html</a></span>
and in the footnotes of this document. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Ecclesiastes
3:11, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New International Version</i> (NIV)
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3%3A11&version=NIV">https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3%3A11&version=NIV</a></span>
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<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on
the Bible</i>, 1971, p. 324f <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Edward Hirsch, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How to Read a Poem, and
Fall in Love with Poetry,</i> 1999, p. 108.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Lynn
Tait, "Santorini, Two Chairs", The Lynn Tait Gallery, Essex, UK,
2010; poem by EG Happ, 18 Dec 13; the artist’s photo is here: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.thelynntaitgallery.com/card-detailed.asp?cardid=239&RangeID=27">http://www.thelynntaitgallery.com/card-detailed.asp?cardid=239&RangeID=27</a></span>
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Scott Peck, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Further Along the Road Less Traveled,
</i>1993, pp. 230-231.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Franco Zeffirelli, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jesus of Nazareth, </i>TV
Mini-Series (1977), <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075520/">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075520/</a></span>
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<a href="file:///E:/Dropbox/Personal%20and%20Private/Musings/Sermons/Come%20with%20me%20-%20St%20Clare's%202-Sep-18.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Blaise Pascal, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/801132-there-is-a-god-shaped-vacuum-in-the-heart-of-each">https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/801132-there-is-a-god-shaped-vacuum-in-the-heart-of-each</a>
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Amiel Quotes, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1040289.Henri_Fr_d_ric_Amiel">https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1040289.Henri_Fr_d_ric_Amiel</a></span>
and see <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Amiel">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Amiel</a></span>
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<br />Edward G. Happhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243859825189522834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991346993172720310.post-32005998975936166802018-09-02T12:40:00.002-07:002018-09-09T14:10:12.583-07:00Poems for Sundays<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Hummer</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Then there is the hummingbird,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> the newest visitor to our kitchen window feeder. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>They are in another time zone altogether. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Before I finish saying hello, they’ve recited the daily news, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>downed two cups of coffee and are off to the office. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Everything seems to be accelerating for them. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Perhaps that is like getting older, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>but in a ways we may not expect. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>We seem to slow down in many ways as we age. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>We don’t move or think as fast; </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>we take turns on the road more deliberately,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>as if the cues need to catch up in our minds </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>before we can act on them. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>My father liked to say, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>“I don’t know why they call these the Golden years; </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>they’re more like the rust years.” </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>In all these ways, we are not the hummingbird. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>But something that does seem to speed up </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>as we get older </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>is time. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Whole seasons seem to fly by. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>In the morning mirror, we age before our eyes, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>like the fast motion videos of flowers blooming</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and fading in minutes. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"when did all that grey happen," we mutter. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The little bundle of frenetic, humming energy </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>is challenging us to slow down </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>in ways that are coming alive </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>rather than getting busy with dying. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>To delight in the grace of a divine visit, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>that pauses for only a sip of time, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>that is the poem of the hummingbird.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>11 Aug 18</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The following poems were referenced or alluded to in a theological reflection, "<a href="http://poetryworkbook.blogspot.com/2018/09/come-with-me-sermon-on-song-of-songs.html">Come with me</a>," for a Sunday Mass, Labor day Weekend, 2018. --E.G. Happ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />For the Song of Solomon, Ch. 2:8-17 </span></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Lynn Tait, "Santorini, Two Chairs"</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">We may look at these two chairs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">that face us as empty,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">sitting outside this rugged house<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">with the closed blue shutter<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">and stucco falling from the field stone,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">but I see all the conversations<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Ode to M. Fagan</b><br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"></a><br />you stood behind<br />the gray metal<br />Steelcase desk,<br />one shoulder turned<br />to the chalk board,<br />holding a fledgling poem.<br />with the eyes of Osirus<br />and the mouth<br />of the great I Am<br />you read silently.<br />the young author<br />barely a teen<br />stood uncomfortably<br />on the other side,<br />her heart stretched<br />like a silver moth on<br />the sheet wet with the ink<br />of a fresh cut yellow<br />bud from a spring garden<br />"oh this is deep, really deep,"<br />you said with a smack<br />of the lips <br />and a dance of the eyes.<br />her heart beat faster<br />the ink flowed, the wings<br />folded and stretched<br />the bud opened<br />and called out her name.<br /><br />6 Oct 95</i><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May be a gazelle</b><br /><br />She stares at me <br />ears homed on my breathing <br />this may be a gazelle<br />paused in mid chew <br />by my coming over the rise; <br />I have caused a ripple in time <br />and she must decide to run on <br />or welcome me; <br />and though we have both stopped <br />for this brief moment <br />there will be a step taken,<br />then she will bolt <br />back to the safe unseeing <br />of the forest;<br />I will bow my head, <br />and drink in the dappled air <br /><br />11 May 18</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“The name impala comes from the Zulu language meaning Gazelle”</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">the same question almost three decades<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">bought the album and sheet music<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">I am driving<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">down the highway to my boyhood home.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">The road is still the same though the stores<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">along the way have changed names and hands<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">like the fields and woods once in between<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">or ever end<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">home has spread like the years in between.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">Hills is no more.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">rows of corn flake cartons now software.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">I felt like geese must feel when the spring<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">slowing down, circling, landing in ponds.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">When we moved in, trees were only twigs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">"Remember me to the one who lived
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Billy Collins, "Workshop," <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46704/workshop">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46704/workshop</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Billy Collins, “Introduction to Poetry,” <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46712/introduction-to-poetry">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46712/introduction-to-poetry</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cummings, “The Hound of Heaven: a Study Guide,” <a href="https://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/hound.html">https://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/hound.html</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Barbara Crafton, "Death in the Small Basket," Mar. 25, 2015, <a href="https://vimeo.com/123207844">https://vimeo.com/123207844</a> (see 09:30 - 12:36 in the video)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The book jacket said </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>his poems were accessible, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>not the obscure words </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and images that dot the fringes </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>of intelligence and madness. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>but the common words, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>the ones we might use </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>to tell a family story, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>or what happened </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>in the movie we saw last night. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>It's not surprising </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>that Emmanuel was often found </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>in the midst of sinners, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>probably drinking a glass </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>of non-vintage table wine. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>no doubt this incensed </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>the learned folks of the day, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>the guardians of the secret knowledge </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>that takes years of study </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>to travel to the outer reaches </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>of logic and appreciation, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>finally reaching the holy of holies. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>But this cup, this vessel, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>stained with fingerprints </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>sitting on the picnic table </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>of the local pub, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>was more apt to quench </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>the thirst of the gardener. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>If the words of the poet </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>reach you in such a place, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>God speaks with His arm </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>wrapped around your shoulder, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>slaps you on the back, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and whispers a word more divine </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>than all the mysteries of heaven. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> 3 July 93 </i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Gloria</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>She was a colleague </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>alone</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and we thought it </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>the right thing to do </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>to come sit with her.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>It had been a long illness</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and she kept it from us,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>as the modest</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>discretionary thing to do;</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>but now we sat in a row </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>on either side of her;</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>there was no casket</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>just a blanket</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>or dusky sheet-- we did not touch</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and what lay beneath </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>was accented </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>by arms up and a knee crooked </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>as if a bent tent pole</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>as if the sheet were lain</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>on the body still falling</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>from some window</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>or cliff.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>the rabbi who did not know him</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>said a few kind words</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and we touched her shoulder</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>in soft earth tones.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I remember all of this</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>after reading three</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>mournful August poems</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>that took me back;</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>and anxious to turn the page</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>before anything hit</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>the ground.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>24 Jun 18</i></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Diane </span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i>
<i>She had her fingers deep</i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">into the dough of life,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the yeast of living;</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and live she did,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">inviting all </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to gather round her table </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and home;</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">here we would come</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to celebrate a birthday </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">share a meal</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">bake with the master;</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">learn that the bread</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to be bread</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">must be given away.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Though the oven is now bare</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and the light has gone out,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the taste of presence </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">from her hands</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to our mouths</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">goes on in the food</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">memory;</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">that whenever </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the aroma of living </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">comes,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">she is among us,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">fingers deep in the dough</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">soon to be </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">given away.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For Diane Faxon, who died this week.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This poem took a while to come together. I kept thinking of the birthdays gathering Diane hosted in the spring of 2012, and the aromas from her oven when I walked in thru the sliding glass door of her kitchen. She was as busy as ever, creating the feast, yet still the gracious host, smiling and laughing with each one who arrived with food or wine and gathered about her island. She was so much more than this vignette. And yet, this is the memory that rose up thinking about her.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Soil of Heaven </b><br /><br />He was found <br />backing up <br />to the earthen door <br />of life's common experiences <br />and listening <br />to the whispers just inside, <br />these were voices <br />of the Angels' song <br />and he was thirsty <br />for the Holy sound. </span></i><br />
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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462932">Pruning<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462932 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">5</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900330032000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462933">The frost chooses<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462933 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900330033000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462934">Ebola training<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462934 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">7</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900330034000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462935">Memorial<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462935 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">8</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900330035000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462936">Toward<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462936 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">9</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900330036000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462937">Morning Poem<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">.. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462937 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900330037000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462938">Graduation<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462938 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">11</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900330038000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462939">Bee on the Roses<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462939 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">12</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900330039000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462940">Batter<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462940 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">13</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340030000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462941">Hangers on<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462941 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">14</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340031000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462942">Foreign Assignment<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462942 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">15</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340032000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462943">Falling<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462943 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">16</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340033000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462944">Nagging Quote<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462944 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">17</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340034000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462945">Midday Poem<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">.. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462945 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">18</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340035000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462946">All the King’s Horses<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462946 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">19</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340036000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462947">The Call<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462947 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">20</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340037000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462948">Evening poem<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">.. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462948 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">21</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340038000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462949">As from a cable car<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462949 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">22</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900340039000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462950">Next<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462950 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">23</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350030000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462951">After a week of burning the candle down<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462951 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">24</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350031000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462952">Re-found<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462952 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">25</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350032000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462953">Easter<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462953 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">26</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350033000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462954">An Evening Sonnet<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462954 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">27</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350034000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462955">Bamboo after spring rain<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462955 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">28</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350035000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462956">Of whether death had come<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462956 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">29</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350036000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462957">April Night<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462957 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">30</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350037000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462958">Shiva<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462958 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">31</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350038000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462959">Berlin<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462959 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">32</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900350039000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462960">Swallows<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462960 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">33</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900360030000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462961">The travelers<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462961 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">34</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900360031000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462962">Crossing off days<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462962 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">35</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900360032000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462963">Getting off the train<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462963 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">36</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900360033000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoToc2">
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Work/Musings/Chapbooks/Bloodletting.docx#_Toc456462964">Two Chairs<span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
style='color:windowtext;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'> PAGEREF _Toc456462964 \h </span><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">37</span><span style="color: windowtext; display: none; mso-hide: screen; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003400350036003400360032003900360034000000</w:data>
</xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:windowtext;
display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Dear Adam, </i></div>
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<i>There was a young man who lived all his life in the village surrounded by mountains where he was born. All the people and ways of the village were familiar to him. </i></div>
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<i>But as a young heart is wont to do, he set out one day with some water and bread, for a hike to see what was on the other side. He crossed streams, slogged through mud, cut through vines and briar. Eventually he came to the edge of the forest where the rocks rose up around him, and the climbing was rough. </i></div>
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<i>Not to be deterred, he pressed on. Near nightfall, he made it to the top where a small cabin awaited him. Putting down his pack, he turned slowly in all directions to see if he could see his village or any village. But he could not. </i></div>
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<i>He knew that the next morning he would need to go back thru all the trials he had to get him here or press on to the unknown. But he did not know the way. He awoke early before the sun and walked outside where he saw a familiar bright morning star that seemed to say to him, come this way, whether to the next village or to home. And so he set out again confident that he was headed in the right direction.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a photo of the father<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462936"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883931">Toward</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Each face that comes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">towards me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as I walk to the station<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">they walk from<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">tells a different story<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">some eyes downcast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">some coy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">some still carrying sleep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">troubled<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">delighted<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">hurried<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">carrying a briefcase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">wheeling luggage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a cup of coffee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">croissants in a bag;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">were this later<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">it would be me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">coming at myself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as a morning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">lifts its shoulders up,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the sun not quite warm,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the bell for the door<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">about to close.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462937"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883933">Morning Poem</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Every sixth umbrella<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">passing me in the morning rain <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">has some color<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">or radii of stripes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">mixed in this stream of black;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">they lean to one side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as if to nod<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">when I nod past;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">some stretch an arm up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to pass over my edge;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the crisscross of the rain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">is delayed from its ground,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">so I am walking more slowly,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">more aware of the art of
passing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">when carrying an extra load,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">more apt to smile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">at the little courtesies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of living.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462938"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883934">Graduation</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It keeps me up at night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">wondering the date<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and how the professor <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">picked hers,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">from not too late<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and not too early,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">circled it on the calendar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and after drinking her
Socrates,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">had to pee,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the dignity oozing out of her;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">there should be a ceremony,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a taking of the rolled paper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on a stage,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">tossing hats in the air,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but it was being helped back to
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">by the one she loved,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">tucked in,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">lights dimmed,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">breathing easing away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">like evaporation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that stayed with me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">After reading the story of
Sandy Bem's planned suicide </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">in the <a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/magazine/the-last-day-of-her-life.html">NY Times Magazine</a></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462939"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883937">Bee on the Roses</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">On this patio table<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with its color-pattern cloth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and squat pitcher <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">filled with fresh sprigs from<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the rose bush<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I watch the honey bee you
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">getting his legs dirty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with each twirl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of his kazoo dervish <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Years ago my daughter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">read that bees so intent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on their work <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">could be stroked<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">like a cat or sleeping dog;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">so she had to try it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I still remember her wail <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">holding her stung pointer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">half from pain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and half from disappointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I tell you this story <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and you ask if I will pet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the bee;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">no, I assure you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I am much too wise for that;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but later watching the bee
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and his crooked-finger circle
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I am disappointed I have not<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462940"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883952">Batter</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">There are three pitching
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">whipping their metal arms <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and I am swinging the bat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as fast as I can <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">cracking a fly ball here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a grounder there <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">trying not to miss<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and hoping the fast balls <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">don't arrive at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that's when I notice the coach <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">wheeling another machine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">up to the mound<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with a fresh bucket of balls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I usually text
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">when the train <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">starts its heavy pull<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">from the day left behind,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but I do not travel alone; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the seats are occupied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">by a burley report<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a smoking email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and a lunch half eaten<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I rustle though my backpack<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">for a soft red lozenge <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I close my eyes and chew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I do not offer one to my<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">entourage <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462942"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883958">Foreign Assignment</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It's all quite tenuous<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">even the label is questionable:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“expat.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">though this post has all<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the right papers—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">quite legitimate—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">it could evaporate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in an instant,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">thirty days to vacate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the country<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">at the end of an assignment,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">known as the grace period,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">transition time,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">deportation;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">there's a quaint expression<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that at the end,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">God called him home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I should have expected<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">all along this was temporary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462943"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883961">Falling</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">From high on the tall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">horse chestnut trees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that shadow this path, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">empty cars parked along <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the way,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the sound of falling <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">seems more rapid than Galileo,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a caroming off branches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to the rooftops of the cars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">cracking open and spilling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">their core and spiny husk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to the ground;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">one must walk carefully<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">among all the dying <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and wailing infancy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462944"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883964">Nagging Quote</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">"Ideas pull the trigger,
but instinct loads the gun." --Don Marquis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">At first, I like this quote<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">posted by a friend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on his Facebook wall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on Halloween <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It lingers as if its face
paint,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">graffiti on the door,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">my instincts often keep me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">from loading anything,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and ideas have a way of
exploding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">like the balloon on the party
chair;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but what matters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">is when it all slows down,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that moment before slinging the
rock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">at Goliath,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that nagging question<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of what just happened here,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">rewind,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">put down the gun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and take up the pen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462945"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883965">Midday Poem</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The wet sycamore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">leaves stick to the path<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as if iron-on patches;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I remember them, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">these were the hardest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to gather with the long-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">fingered rake <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">or whining blower;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">it was as if they were<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">saying, "we're here;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">we're not moving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I admire such anchoring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">against wind and whisk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">such adamancy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">such grounding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">such unwillingness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to bend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to yield <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462946">All the King’s Horses</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Some exude the power<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of balance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">by keeping all others<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">off their equilibrium;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">ah, the even kilter <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of those five syllables,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">one the focal point,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the others teetering;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">weight and balance--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that my words and yours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">matter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and without either,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a falling,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">breaking,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a divide between<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">those seemingly above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and those grounded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in the dust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462947"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883969">The Call</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The late fall wind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">is drag racing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the dried maple leaves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">down the macadam path;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the scratch-brush-tire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on the snare drum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">turns with each step,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and I'm aware <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I am walking in the opposite <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">direction,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">not blown in the ways<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of the breezy tide <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that carries all things<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">float-able on the common<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">journey; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but this way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">toward the call behind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the cloud,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the end of the golden string*.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">*63.
From ‘Jerusalem’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">By
William Blake (1757–1827)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">To
the Christians<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">I
GIVE you the end of a golden string; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Only wind it into a ball, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">It
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Built in Jerusalem’s wall.…<i><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462948"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456112583">Evening poem</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In the dark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">between the cars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">beside the house<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">walking is tricky,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the paving stones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">heaved from frost and rain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">turn up their edges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">where a boot may catch;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">staring down, trying to discern
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the shadows, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I shuffle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">one foot ahead of the other;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">at the corner, not yet the
lighted window<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the shadows border on lighter
shades;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">turning slowly and peering<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">over my left shoulder <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a three-quarter moon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">horizons above the rooftops,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">once hidden by the house,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">now rolling back the dark;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">it stops me on the line<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">where hints of the way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">are clearer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462949">As from a cable car</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">A Swiss train closes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">its doors at once<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with a chunk-click<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">heard a block away;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the rushers will<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">push the doors button<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">or pull on its latch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in vain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but there is no denying<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the train is leaving <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">at the scheduled minute <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and will ease out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of the station so slowly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">it would seem you could <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">catch it, hop on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and swing from the doorway <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as from a cable car.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462950"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456112588">Next</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">He handed me the golden string<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and before I could tug and wind
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">tug and wind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a matched flared somewhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">its licking petal of heat <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">set the string dancing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">like a sparkler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a rocket trail<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a fuse;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and I had to write<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">express it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">till it reached its end,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to its end<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">horror, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">not that some<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">dynamite may detonate <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and swallow all sound,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">rather that it reaches the end<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of its length, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">fizzles out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with a small puff<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of obscuring smoke.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462951"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456112590">After a week of burning the candle down</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">We called it wasted,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the off balance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">numb humming <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">between the ears<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that made a short step<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">feel as if on the narrowest of
floors<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with a chasm on either side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">where<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">breathing would topple<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a mind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that was so sure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the pen could not keep up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">But here I am<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">at the end of a week<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">where the mindless demands <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of avoiding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a tsk tsk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">has me mumbling,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">closing my eyes to any light<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and craving the balm of sleep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">after burning the candle down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462952">Re-found</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The sun spills over the Alps<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a few minutes earlier each day <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and there is a sense of
hastening<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in the air; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">all that seeks the sky know
this; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the spring comes for them; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">hope is not as much an ache
for,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as a pull toward;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">it reaches through the frost <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and pulls out yellow
trumpeters, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">white bells, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">purple maracas; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">each plays an old song:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that we are not forgotten;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">once in the dead of winter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">we are re-found.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462953"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc439883929">Easter</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The wind is howling this
morning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the French doors creak and
rattle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with each intake of breath,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the rain clouds have been blown<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">through the valley,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the blue sky trumpets,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">daffodils bow,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and still empty branches wave
as palms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to this day,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the one that tells us death is
empty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and new life follows winter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as sure as the swallows return <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462954"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456112602">An Evening Sonnet</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">She is tugging at her Dad's
hand,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">impatient to go nowhere in
particular,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but somewhere;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">she stops and points<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">exclaiming in a language I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">do not know,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but with every gesture I
remember;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">then she does that little skip
and dance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to the joy of walking <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and making noise on the
pavement<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as if this was a canvas snare
drum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and the curtain is about to
rise;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">"if you become as a little
child",<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">my tired feet implore,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">heaven may be the first act<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> when we move from standing up <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> to stumbling with a hand held high.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462955"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456112603">Bamboo after spring rain</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">To where are you going,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">dark pointed shoots<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">marching up the slope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">thru our garden <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and up the lawn?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The pine tree knows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the lake is too far<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and the peonies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">are not yet ready to guard <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with their beauty;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">you have parted the spent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">daffodils<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and the wild flowers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in the grass don't care,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but she pointed to the ancient<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">saying<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">before stepping outside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to harvest your tender shoots,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">before they grow hard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and resisting <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">any passage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462956">Of whether death had come</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I come back to the place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on the platform<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">where the man collapsed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">yesterday<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">waiting in a sea of suits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">for the morning train;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I’m looking for the shadow,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the stain where he fell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that marks his dropping<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">down in the queue,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and even though he was<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">helped up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Musings">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and the responders called,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Musings">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">there was a piercing in the
side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a test of whether death<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">had come<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462957"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc420176302">April Night</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Entering into darkness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on an April night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I do not know what to say,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I can only breathe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and feel the chill on my ears;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">when I heard the news<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Musings">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I thought I could not imagine
such grief,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Musings">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that this is not my life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Musings">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and I would be presumptuous <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to say such things;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but it is my life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">when I imagine its end<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with each page of turning
years;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">so if I truly stand here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">next to your grief<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and breathe <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with ears toward the catch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in your breath,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a passing life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">is my life <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and your grief<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">my grief<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="Musings">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">For Julia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cf. Barbara
Brown Taylor, “Barbara Brown Taylor: In Praise of Darkness,” </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Time,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> April 17,
2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462958"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456112605">Shiva</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I am sitting <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in a chair that should<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">be lower,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">waiting for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">some words to say<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that will not come;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">there should be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a candle lit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that will burn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">for seven long days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and the mirrors covered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">because reflection<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">is already saying too much;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">so the sitting,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">is what we are told to do-- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a Noah in the Ark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">waiting for a glint<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of something divine <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in all this rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462959"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc420176310">Berlin</a> <o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In the bustle of the city<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">other voices shout<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">those that cling onto door
jambs <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">locked brass knobs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">homes from which they have been
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">yanked as teeth, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on the cobblestone walks that
step<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">through these gentle
neighborhoods<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">brass plaques set among them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">have their names<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and to where they were taken;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">at each turn <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">there is a reading <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to be taken in, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">marks of exclamation,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">ellipsis, commas, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">but never periods<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">never periods!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462960"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc420176316">Swallows</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Every edge of night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in this season of long days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the swallows race and whistle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">scooping any small gift <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in their path; the relentless
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">is as if referees are calling <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a continuous off-sides;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">these are the fighter jets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of the avian realm, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">chattering their ordinance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">against the dark cruel night,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">To the woman in the bus window <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with the dark eyes of profound
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">staring off to a place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I cannot go, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I dream I journey with you <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">though it is not my bus or city<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">from different places;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc456462962"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc420176336">Crossing off days</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Old man with a folded face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">rimmed cap pulled tightly down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to roast with the others<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that have gone before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">each burlap sack<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">slung over his shoulder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">has made it here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to this same place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">on the street that ambles back<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to the train station<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">where the inter-regio waits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In the evening he decides<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">with the rest of us,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">bag emptied of the day,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">to get on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">exiting the aisle of an evening
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">suddenly lurches to a stop,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the strap from his bag <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">having caught on the arm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">of a seat;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and we must all step <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">back in a rewind <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">so he lifts his case<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">above the bench<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and alights into the evening<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Two chairs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in an empty room<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">are what were left<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">by its residents<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">who are already <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a month gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">They angle toward<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">each other<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as the conversation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that may have floated<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">between the colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Now there is only<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">imagination <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and a goodbye <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the one least expected,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the one least like us,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">planted grass or tree?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">through the freshly cut barley<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">or what I imagine was barley<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">bouncing a ball a bit <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">like a hose swells<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as if the arc were known<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">before it was released,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Friends
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without the cast names.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“A
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ed Happ and Shirley Chen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">A
single three-quarters circle of thirty-two chairs faces the sanctuary.
The small statue of St. Francis is center, at the open doors to the
sanctuary. A lectern is center front of the circle, just behind St.
Francis. The scripts are on each chair and the lectern (as are paper
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The bride and groom sit center in the circle, facing St. Francis and the
lectern. The Justice of the Peace and two priests sit near the lectern, as do
the ring and bulb bearers, and son of the groom. The photographer floats
about the room. Except for the reserved seats, each guest decides where they
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First the Welcomer, and then the Narrator stand in front at, or in front of,
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> You
each have a script. This is a wedding play. And you all have parts to
play, some more than others, but such is the prerogative of authors and
artists. None of you are bystanders. You are each part of this
union, part of our family who has made this couple who they are. So they
want you to be a part of their ceremony, because after all, the play is really
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bar in Paris</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the innocent email trail
that followed;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the walk in Muir Woods</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">stories of Remy and Pino</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the nuance of tastes</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and romancing the
risotto;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
there is the first poem</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and its reply</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the photographs sent</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">from Blackberries and
attached;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the first kiss in front
of a carousel</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Davenport and the whale
seals</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The meal you first
cooked</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and the wine I first
opened;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the Skype calls,</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">long flights and
business trips</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to gather in three days
here and there;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">moving to Marvin's Beach</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">for Thanksgiving</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">finding family at St.
Francis</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and solitude in Devil's
Den;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">then to Geneva and Nyon</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and the castle on the
lake;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the vineyards everywhere
we went;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the start of Chez
Shirley;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">And Scott whispering</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">"do you always eat
like this?"</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(…and when I whispered
"yes,"</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">he replied, "marry
her!)</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The family times</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of Taipei and
Memphis, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Introducing Jojo to
chocolate</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and me to Tu-ma's
dumplings</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mahjong and beginners
luck;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The rolling WhatsApp
comedy</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">with Diane and Steve.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
You catching me in a silly song or voice</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">recording it for the
little ones,</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the flowers in the
garden and on the tables</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the wine rack full</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the pots simmering on
the stove.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Then the Spanish Steps
in Rome</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">following the path of
Angels and Demons</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the ristorante with the
attitude</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and the Florence tears
in front</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of the Duomo and the
David.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">So here we are</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">almost in church</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and I will promise you</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and you will promise me</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">what already is.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Where does together
begin?</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is here among our
friends,</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">family;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">it is in the words</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">spoken on the Seine</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and in the letters and
the poems;</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">it begins with a name</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">an open door,</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">a chair at the table.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18pt;">ACT I - Postcards<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene I – A Floating Bar in Paris<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: The
scene opens in a floating wine bar somewhere on the Seine in Paris. There are
trays of small glasses with a variety of tastings. He is sitting at the bar
sampling the hors d’oeuvres, past his prime, but not feeling it. She walks up
to get a glass of red. She is in a drop-dead but simple black dress. He is
wearing a classic navy blue blazer, with a pair of old olive khakis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: They
have met before, earlier in the week, on the Fourth of July; judging students
competing for a high-tech prize. Imagine that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: Try
the asparagus soup; not the usual heat-it up in the microwave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 1: I
don't own a microwave; it’s not really cooking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: Hmm.
Someone once said you can't have a bad meal in Paris.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 1: They're
not paying enough attention; the soup is sad. It could be better<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: Sass,
he thinks; I like that…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene II – The Email Trail<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: What
began next was a series of summer letters (well, emails actually). She
was aching for some intimacy; he was still learning to speak the
language. Food and humor began the dance. And there were an abundance of
smilies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She wrote: It
was a pleasure meeting you in Paris ... I had a lot of fun talking to you
about food and wine ….what was the website with all the ratings for
restaurants? What’s your favorite cookbook? :-) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He wrote: The
web site on restaurant ratings is the Zagat Guide ... My favorite
cookbook is "How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food"
by Mark Bittman. Of course, I prefer to open the book and have someone
else perform the magic while I select the perfect wine :-) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene III – First Poem<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: The
couple is sitting at a dinner table not far from Paris, years later. A
perfectly done, curved rack of lamb with a light dusting of salt sits between
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: Do
you remember the first poem?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 1: Yes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: It
was “The Curve", the sensual one, yes?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 1: No;
it was the poem you wrote while you were walking near your beach house<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: (not
really sure) Was it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 1: (smiling)
Yes, it was<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: “The
Curve” was so much better; I'd rather remember that one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 1: It
came later. I like the one about the monk parrots and doves; I was walking with
you…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poet 1: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Morning<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The monk parrots are
loving me this morning,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">heckling from one tree
to the next</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">as I walk new ground</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I never catch up to
them—</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">they let me know</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">horizoning with their
call.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am humbled that I name
them,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">hold them in eyes and on
my tongue.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">On the beach, seagulls
walk faster</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">not willing to take
flight yet</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">while a covey of
mourning doves</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">bursts up from behind a
seawall</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">as I jump up.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two terns fight over a
fish,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">a pair of crows choruses
from the beam</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of a rough-hewn swing
set—</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I, the morning walker
pass through</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">announced;</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I, the morning writer am
in their glassy</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">eye.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
7 Aug 08</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene IV – Remy and Pino<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The
discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a
new star.” – Anthelme Brillat Savarin</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: The
food banter soon turned more intimate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She wrote: When
I bake or cook, the self-dialogue never stops. I am always mixing
flavors, playing with textures and colors. I often start with one thing
in mind and end up with something totally different. For those who have
watched the movie, Ratatouille, I am like Remy. When he created something
by adding different tastes, he saw fireworks in the sky. That's me....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: Ten
days later…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She wrote: I
still don't know what made me cry. I will quit analyzing it. Maybe
my emotion cup is full. So if crying helps, so be it. People don't
know me anyway. … <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Writing
is part of me. Part of my healing process. I am writing down
whatever I am feeling. I am overwhelmed by sadness now. Thanks for
being there even when I am not making sense...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He wrote: Do
write, and take more photos. Write about what you see in the
photos. Pair poems and images. Most of all feel. … and bring
tissues with you when your go to Starbucks; the napkins will kill your skin
:-). BTW …I’m sending you a book…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: A
few days later…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She wrote: I
am in love with the book…, A Tuscan in the Kitchen. I was reading it till
mid-night and had to convince myself to go to bed. "One more page,
maybe." The night went on like that. Thank you so much for a wonderful
book! … I'll cook the lamb stew…, while you open a bottle of wine to go with
the dish. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He wrote: My
wine cellar is here, so you'll have to bring the viande :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She wrote: Is
that an official invitation? :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poet 2: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ratatouille<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
watch the old movie</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
see you tasting and smelling,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">looking
up to the ceiling</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of
your imagination</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
wondering,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">how
will this come together?</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
I realize you come to life</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">as
a pan upon the stove</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
whose cold copper bottom</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">you
add a woman's heat,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">smidgeon
of oil,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">sprinkling
of herbs,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">splash
of coconut milk</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">spice
with some chili or curry</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">pinched
between your fingers</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
then shrimp</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">peeled
one at a time</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
set to dance</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">with
a flip of the wrist,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">a
glimmer in your eye,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
curve of your lips</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">so
that even</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">a
small part of the world</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">into
which you arrive</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">with
but a few bags</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
fewer friends</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">becomes
a feast,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">an
"ah,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">that
is how</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">it
looks on the plate;"</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Come
taste with me!</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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11 Aug 10</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene V – First Kiss<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Happiness is like a kiss…you must share it to enjoy it.” –
Bernard Meltzer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: She
writes about being upset, so he gets in his American Airlines silver steed and
flies from Berlin to NY to SF<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: Do
you remember our first kiss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 1: Yes.
It was in baggage claim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: How
auspicious. ….I knew that was how I would greet you…a kiss and a hug<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 1: I
had to stand on my toes; you were so tall… I knew then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 1: I
knew before. Why else fly 7,000 miles? It wasn't for the points.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene VI – The Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our
lives are diminished by the chairs we are asked to take from our table and
enlivened by those we are invited to add.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: So
began the long-distance relationship, with each looking for an excuse to take
more business trips to one coast or the other. Skype became a best
friend. During one of the calls they talked about the metaphor of the chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaplain: I
believe it was a counselor who talked about the parts of oneself that are like
chairs at the table that is yourself.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Ed-Shirley/Wedding/Wedding%20play%20-%20Blog%20v5%20-%20no%20styles.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> Integration of the self is not only a melding
of the parts, but rather a recognizing of each of the different chairs at the
one table; each is affirmed and has being. The same applies in a
relationship. When more chairs of each self are invited, affirmed and
shared, the relationship is one that grows. When chairs are taken
from the table (or never approach) there can be a type of starving, and a
growing sense that you are not accepted and loved. To share many chairs at the
table of “we” is a source of richness, a true oneness, a wedding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He wrote: Ah,
now I can ask you: which chair are you dating Friday evening? :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She replied: Good.
I will date each one of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poet 1:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Falling<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
is late in the evening;</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">it
is early in the day.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am up from the bed</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">in
which you barely breathe in sleep,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">in
which you pant to the point of thirst</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I have you as if you are my skin,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">as
if I could lose you in an instant</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I have loved you since I could tell time,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">since
yesterday, since tomorrow</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I am lost in a place called home;</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
am found in an ancient house</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I am falling into a vast ocean of green,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">rising
on clouds red, beneath crowns of white</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I know like Moses</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
forget like David</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I burn with a hunger for you,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
am sated by your hunger</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I am myself</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
am you</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We learn to count to three</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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12 Oct 08 </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br clear="all" />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18pt;">ACT II – Moving to
Marvin’s Beach and on to Nyon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene I – Finding Family at St. Francis<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: After
months of commuting, the two realized the only way to find out whether their
relationship would work was to test it. She told her boss she needed to
see this through despite the risk of failure. She waved goodbye to her
friends and colleagues in California, packed her books and paintings, gave away
all her furniture and moved to Connecticut.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: Growing
up in the subtropical warmth, New England seemed a bit chilly for her (to
say the least!) The neighbors would still see her in scarf, mittens and a
woolly hat later that spring, when it was in the 60’s! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: She
had her first snowshoe experience during the St. Francis silent retreat on the
Appalachian Trail, and fell in love with the snow and the people. They biked,
kayaked, and hiked in the area. St. Francis became her adopted
family on the east coast. Foyer dinners became one of the couple’s
favorite events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poet 2:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Love Poem III<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
stand in the midst of a church</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">washed
in the white of late morning sun</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
feel the fire well within me,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">snapping
each sense as if kindling—</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
at once I understand the bush burning </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">undiminished,
with the life of a sun</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">that
warms even in this narrow shaft of light</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">streaming
from the clear-story ,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">puddling
on the southern sill</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of
this house that cannot hold one</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">who
burns with the wind.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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21 Sep 08</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene II – Old World<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Happiness
is not a station you arrive at but a manner of traveling” – Unknown</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: The
couple’s life took another turn in the spring of 2010. He accepted the
Red Cross job in a phone call at the baggage carousel (again) while they were
visiting her family the first time in Taipei. He commuted between
Connecticut and Geneva for a few months while she was figuring out how to
consolidate their belonging into a 20 foot container. They took the
challenge to start a new life in Switzerland. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: Their
life in the French speaking region was simpler. They brought no cars with
them, and used trains and buses instead. They took spontaneous trips on
weekends, and long walks along the lake and in local forests, especially to the
dairy farm (to get fresh yogurt and flowers). They explored the old world
together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poet 1:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Filling in the blanks<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I decide to take the bus</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to a part of the city</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have not yet seen,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">where a restaurant I
found</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">was hidden</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">at the elbow of a narrow
street.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Afterwards</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">with a full stomach</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and the lilt of the Cote
du Rhone,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I decide to walk;</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">each corner I turn</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and street I cross</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">hold a surprise,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and I imagine you</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">stopping to loom in the
windows</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of a shop here</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and read the menu in a
cafe there,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">while I turn the see the
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">in the distance</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and the Jet d'Eau</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">almost frozen as a spear</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">up over the buildings</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the lake shore</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">where the Rhone begins,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and all I want to say is</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">look!</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I want to see you take
it in</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">a door at a time</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and all at once.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">And I realize I'm
filling</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">in the blanks</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">waiting for you</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to complete my sentences</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">as I imagine you will.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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22 Jul 10</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Geneva</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene III – Mom, Three Kids and WhatsApp<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Life
is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” – Charles
Schulz</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: One
thing about living overseas is the constant aching for family and close
friends. The modern life and the work schedule make it much harder to see
loved ones face to face. Since the couple comes from the technology
industry, they rely on the convenience of the Internet to stay connected.
She exchanges food photos and recipes with her three sisters in Taipei and has
a way to “talk” in Chinese. He is using WhatsApp to stay in touch with
his brother and sister.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: Not
too long ago, the three siblings were trying to deal with their Mother going to
the hospital for some lung tests. It’s serious, but their training in
dining room comedy bodes them well for coping. They've set up a WhatsApp
group on their phones and have been texting since the fall. Diane has
flown to Florida to be with Mom. Steve is in Memphis, and Ed is in
Geneva. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister texts: Dr.
said he will take samples from right & left lung; mostly right<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 1 texts: Upadhyay?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 2 texts: Up
whose ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister texts: Yes
--Dr. U-- Nurse said it's a flexible tube with holes in it & a camera on
the end. They will do a wash of the lung which will collect fluids &
cells ...then small brushes & graspers come thru the holes to get tissue
for pathology. Internet said there is also a light that lights green for
healthy cells & red/brown for unhealthy ones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 2 texts: Good
grief ...sounds like a car wash<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister texts: Aaaaaaand
she had to take out her teeth & handed me a container with them to
hold! You guys owe me BIG time!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 1 texts: Yuk!
I'm glad it's you and not me!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister texts: Yeah!!!
One of the high points of the day!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 2 texts: Lovely…
Paint a few teeth with a sharpie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister texts: I'm
not touching them!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 1 texts: Oh.
I think the sharpie is genius<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The conversation went on about the details of the procedure… a few minutes
later….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 1 texts: When
can you see her?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister texts: They
will come out & get me when I can go back. Meanwhile I'm guarding the teeth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 2 texts: Ask
the nurse for that sharpie...just one tooth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister texts: I'll
save that for YOUR visit!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 1 texts: That
is such a visual ... you sitting there guarding the teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brother 2 texts: I'm
packing the sharpie ...<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc289608506"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc253815054"></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18pt;">ACT III – The Wine and
Food Just Get Better<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Wine
opens the heart / it warms the shy poet hidden in the cage of the ribs. / it
melts the wax in the ears that music may be heard, / it takes the terror from
the tongue / that truth may be said, / or what rhymes marvelously with the
truth.” --Christopher Morley</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Savoring<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long
after the last swallow</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
taste of a good wine lingers--</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">its
richness but a trace on my palette,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">its
warmth unfolding in my throat and chest;</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">this
is the slow time, the moment</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of
remembering when I brought the glass</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to my nose and inhaled,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to my lips to feel the slide of its glycerin,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to my tongue to taste the passion of the vintner,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to my ear to listen for the long sounds of savoring,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to my heart that knows with each sip</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
have taken you up in my hands,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">tilted
my face to the sun,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
drunk you into me.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene I - The Spanish Steps<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: The
couple flew to Rome last year as a joint birthday celebration. They
rented an apartment from an Italian architect, and they explored the ancient
town. They saw Michelangelo’s paintings on the Sistine Chapel ceiling,
watched a sunset at the Colosseum, and dined like Roman’s. On the 5th day of
their vacation without itinerary, he began the morning acting a bit strange.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He 2: Let’s
find a romantic place to visit today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: He
pulled up his iPad and began searching while he was having his breakfast
coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 2: Okay.
Any place is romantic in Rome. Just pick one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: An
hour later, he still hasn't decided what the most romantic place is. She
didn't understand why he was being so fussy (Totally clueless). Something
was up…<br clear="all" />
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<i>Here on these steps</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">after
all the steps</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">we
have taken together,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">this
is the most important,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
ask you to step with me;</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">so
here I ask</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">in
the city of amore</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
make a new beginning</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">beyond
all earthly steps,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">as
my wife;</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">there's
a trail that winds thru the hills</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">that
we've not taken yet,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">where
there's a feast waiting;</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">take
my hand</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">let's
together step</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
make this way our own.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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12 May 14</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Based on the a cappella
version, composed from</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">the heart on the Spanish
Steps </span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scene II – A Wedding<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: All
that goes before comes together in this room. It is all here, at this
“table” and in these chairs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groom Reads:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Life
is luck, make it.” – Mother Teresa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
How did we find each other? </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Someone
else was supposed to go to Paris; </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">we
were the last minute substitutes </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">from
different sides of the country. </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We
only shared a few words</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
left with business cards. </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
was through the writing </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">about
work, food, curiosity, laughter, </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">tears and
poetry,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">we
fell in love.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
took us by surprise. </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">So
was it luck or fate, </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">or
about pulling our chairs up to the table </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
finding we were invited all along?</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18pt;">The Wedding<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: So
here we are, almost in church. And it is time for vows, a prayer and a
blessing. But first two letters…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She 3:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I looked at this blank sheet of paper and almost felt intimated by the thought
that I need to write you a note. I should present something that needs to
be extraordinary and so remarkable on this special day.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Then I realized we will be living together for seven years this November.
Only seven years? I looked back and pondered for a moment how much we
have gone through together. The roller-coaster of life has brought us
surprise turns and up’s & down’s. The love continues to grow.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This is love for me: The morning kisses before I wake up in the
morning. Lying in bed and listening to the steam engine of the Nespresso
machine. How I anticipate and integrate the rhythm of your morning
ritual. Love is these hundred tiny things that we do together: Snuggles
and watching a show on a Friday night. Giving you ideas for your next
presentation. Being there while you’re facing a career dilemma.
Enjoying a gourmet feast of food and wine.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Our love breathes life into these years. I ask myself often: If I die
now, will I leave with regrets? I probably would have said yes, had I not
met you. I probably would have said yes, had we not spent great biking
days at Norwalk (with shiny toothy smiles). I probably would have said
yes, had we not moved to Nyon. I probably would have said yes, had we not seen
the giant lily at Kew Gardens in London. I probably would have said yes,
had we not gone to the cultural dinner at le Berceau des Sens.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Ed-Shirley/Wedding/Wedding%20play%20-%20Blog%20v5%20-%20no%20styles.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the Buddhist culture,
we were taught to live in the moment, and experience the moment.
I didn't realize that you could actually be ready to die a
hundred times because you are simply content and happy.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every day is a new
day. Every day should be celebrated as if it’s your birthday. Every
day we should love as if it is our last day. </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Much love and more to come...</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reader:
A reading from Paul’s Letter to the Romans<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or
nakedness or danger or sword? …</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">No, in all these things
we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced
that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor
the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> –Romans 8:35, 37-39<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reader: The
Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">All: Thanks
be to God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Vows and Promises<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">With
the JOP presiding, the couple stands in front, face to face, reciting
responsively a poem by Robert Bly<a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Ed-Shirley/Wedding/Wedding%20play%20-%20Blog%20v5%20-%20no%20styles.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_ftnref3"></a>… [please hold photographs during the vows]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bride*: *A
man and a woman sit near each other, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groom: and
they do not long<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> at
this moment to be older, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *or
younger,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> nor
born<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in
any other nation, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *or
time, or place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> They
are content to be where they are, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *talking
or not-talking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Their
breaths together feed someone whom we do not know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *The
man sees the way his fingers move;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> he
sees her hands close around a book she hands to him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *They
obey a third body that they share in common. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> They
have made a promise to love that body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *Age
may come, parting may come, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> death
will come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *A
man and a woman sit near each other;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> as
they breathe they feed someone we do not know,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *someone
we know of, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> whom
we have never seen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">* * * * *<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groom: Will
you take this chair my love?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bride: I
will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bride: And
will you take this chair my love?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groom: I
will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">JOP: Do
you have a token or symbol which you wish to exchange?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bride & Groom: We
do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
adopted parents come forward; the aunt brings the bulbs and the uncle brings
the rings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groom: Today
we plant a new flower.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bride: That
will bloom anew each year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Bride and Groom exchange bulbs then hand them back to the aunt to plant in the
spring, and then take the rings from the uncle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groom: With
this ring I make you my promise to love, honor and cherish<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bride: With
this ring I make you my promise to love, honor and cherish<a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Ed-Shirley/Wedding/Wedding%20play%20-%20Blog%20v5%20-%20no%20styles.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_ftnref4"></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
parents are seated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">JOP: Shirley
and Ed, you have expressed your love to one another through the commitment and
promises you have just made. It is with these in mind that I pronounce you
husband and wife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
No longer simply partners and best friends, you have become husband and wife
and can now seal the agreement with a kiss.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Ed-Shirley/Wedding/Wedding%20play%20-%20Blog%20v5%20-%20no%20styles.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Narrator: And
now what say all of you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">All (loudly): We
affirm you husband and wife!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">[Applause,
but hold your paper planes :-)]</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Prayers and Blessings<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Welcomer: Let
us say responsively, the prayer of St. Francis<a href="file:///C:/Users/Edward/Dropbox/Ed-Shirley/Wedding/Wedding%20play%20-%20Blog%20v5%20-%20no%20styles.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [All
read the asterisked* lines loudly]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Welcomer: Lord,
make us an instrument of your peace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Where
there is hatred,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">All*:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">* let us sow love;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> where
there is injury,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
pardon;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> where
there is discord,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
union; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> where
there is doubt,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
faith;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> where
there is despair,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
hope;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> where
there is darkness,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
light;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> where
there is sadness,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
joy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Grant
that we may not so much seek<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to
be consoled<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
as to console;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to
be understood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
as to understand;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to
be loved<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> *
as to love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> For
it is in giving<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> that
we receive;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> it
is in pardoning that we are pardoned;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Welcomer: A
Blessing...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaplain: The
Benediction<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Life
is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who
travel with us. So be quick to love, and make haste to be kind. And may the
blessing of God -- Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer -- be upon you, and
remain with you and all those you love, now and forever. Amen.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">[Cheers, applause and hugs –and now the throwing of the paper
airplanes]</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lynn Tait, "Santorini, Two Chairs"</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We may look at these
two chairs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">that face us as empty,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">sitting outside this
rugged house<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">with the closed blue
shutter<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and stucco falling
from the field stone,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">but I see all the
conversations<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">that have not yet
happened,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the laughter that has
not yet<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">rung out across this
path,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the glance that comes<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">before the kiss;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">what has been behind
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Berceau des Sens is a restaurant at EHL, the Hospitality School of Lausanne, <a href="http://www.ehl.edu/en">http://www.ehl.edu/en</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.officianteric.com/pronouncement-of-marriage/">http://www.officianteric.com/pronouncement-of-marriage/</a>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">A friend asked me to post this chapbook from nearly twenty years ago. Some of these poems were part of a submission to </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Poet </i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">magazine for their chapbook competition in 1994. --egh</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I have seen
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">burning
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of red
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">smoking
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the cradle
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I</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">one moment
of white silence lay<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">between the
dashing and festivities<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">on a crisp
New England morning‑eve<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">as the sun
wakes from passivity<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the old
gray house is empty now<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">so very
quiet, so very large<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I in my
castle and you in yours<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">safe from
the past, feigning courage.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">four
authors rehearse the annual news<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">that God is
with us: emmanuel<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">when heaven
landed on rocky shores<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the myth of
autonomy to dispel.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">tonight
I'll hold you in my arms<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">as
yesterday fades dimly past<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and with
the best gift I can give<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">whisper
softly: merry christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The book jacket said<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">his poems were accessible,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">not the obscure words <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and images that dot the fringes<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of intelligence and madness.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">in the movie we saw last night.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It's not surprising<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">in the midst of sinners,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">probably drinking a glass<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of non‑vintage table wine.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">no doubt this incensed<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the learned folks of the day,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the guardians of the secret
knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">that takes years of study <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">to travel to the outer reaches <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of logic and appreciation,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">finally reaching the holy of
holies.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">But this cup, this vessel,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">stained with finger prints<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">sitting on the picnic table<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">was more apt to quench <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the thirst of the carpenter.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">If the words of the poet<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">reach you in such a place,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">God speaks with His arm<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and whispers a word more divine<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">than all the mysteries of heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 3
Jul 93<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I was
turning<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the corner.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">car packed
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">ceiling
with<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">my office
remains,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Christmas
two days<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and eight,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">fallen.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">There, up
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the detour
unrelenting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Stopping
the car<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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playing<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">to the
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 14 Jan 94<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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II</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Good News sometimes<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of angels,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of a dark stable,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the fallen star,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">clenched in the<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In a world <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">warriors<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">ivory towers<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and inner<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">oval
offices,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the majesty<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of grace<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">is that
this<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">rough hewn<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">crib<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">came to
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">where old
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">holy place,
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The vestry <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the meeting table<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">like disciples at<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the last supper,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">where the food<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and drink were<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">we chewed<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and worn<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">stressed forlorn,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the human spirit,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of hope,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">lest it die<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We came to
find St. Francis'<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and gaze
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">murals of
his life, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the
renowned frescoes up above<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">in the
basilica superiore.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">down the
steps descended<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the darker
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basilica inferiore.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">further
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">down to the
chapel of the tomb<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">hung in
rock below the marble altars<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">a group of
pilgrims sang and prayed<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">a mass we
did not understand<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">but here at
the roots of faith<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">with St.
Francis now we were.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Marie</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">old woman with the trace<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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other day.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We
served a common God<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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a white New England church,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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this final scene played out.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I
am told his life<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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hadn't a clue about the plot<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">or
turns his story took;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">but
we heard some vignettes ‑‑<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">sound
bites in the eulogy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">closed
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">as
the words tumbled <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">to
the paper's edge;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the
period marked <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">where
the ink had dried.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The
book closed<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">with
hushed amens,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">was
walked to the <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">shelf
next door,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and
slipped between <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">two
other tomes;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">its
spine marked with<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the
years as a title we knew.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">How
I wished there<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">were
more to read.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">her
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">birthday cupcakes, wedding cakes,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In this small cradle we were each reborn<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Some are gathered here<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">like autumn leaves rustled<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">in their stories told.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I can still feel<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the slip of polished wood<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">she rode beneath<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the horizon of the earth<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and view.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">She still tugs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">at my sleeve<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">holding me captive<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">for her blessing<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and her curse.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Just one more soul,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wanting to escape,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">her most.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The frail tight cough<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of breath<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of the tyrant of presence<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">wrestled me<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and listen<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">my finger tips.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Jan 95<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc339290554"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Toc338855357">Elder Best</a><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">"we
have the best church,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">(the
best faith),"<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the
feathered elder said,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">with
chest puffed<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">he was
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">stalking
subterranean prey.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the
church was so white<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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tall , so old,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the
faithful few were lost.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">when
it came time to pray,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">for
the Spirit to descend<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">like
tongues of fire,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">he
knelt a fallen man<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">with
arms spread wide <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">above
his head,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">his
eyes squeezed shut,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">head
bowed and trembled,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">waiting
for the tongues<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">that
never came<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">thinking
on what was only best.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 16 Oct 95<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Waiting in line<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">on March the first<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">nineteen ninety five<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">hands wrapped in white felt
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">On rising notes of song<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">we soared to the old white roof<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of God shaking out our souls.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Music only heard as one<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">from many notes and hands<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the bells calling, calling<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">a steeple in our midst.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 5
May 94<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Gabriel
blew his trumpet<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">to the side<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">while the
half moon<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of the
choir<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">sang the
old hymn<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">in the
narthex at Vezelay.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The French
verses<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">without
meaning,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">but a
tourist in this place<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">hearing the
notes<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">echo from
the arched ceiling<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">far above,
still touching<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the heart
of the stranger.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2 Oct 94<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We joined a
small<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">group of
French pilgrims<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">celebrating
mass<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">in the tomb
of St. Francis' Chapel<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday
morning.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Though we
understood<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">a few words
spoken,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the faith
if the communion<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">spoke
clearly.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Like the
Assisi stairways<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">in the
artist's work,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the symbols
of heaven<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">stretch
from the City of God<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">to the
streets beneath our feet,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">truly holy
ground.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 11 Oct 94<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Grace Cathedral</a><!--[if supportFields]><span
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">(when the
doors were opened)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The gray
concrete majesty<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of the great
cathedral on the hill<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">dwarfed the
pilgrims<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">who climbed
the steep walkways<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">that lined
the cable-whistled streets<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">climbing
Ararat to see<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">if the Ark
still rested<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">on its
craggy moor.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The
white-haired cleric<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">leaned
forward from his perch<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">with voice
bounding from every<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">arch and
columned trunk<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">"the
work of God," he said,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">"is to
love the hell out of us"<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">--a life
long work no doubt.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Yet in this
hallowed hall<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of
terrifying pomp and feared misstep<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">one wondered
whether He was <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">here to
scare the hell out<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">of us as
well.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">But when the
trio of men<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">standing to
my right<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">unabashedly
embraced<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">with echoes
in their eyes,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">it was clear<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the doors of
grace were opened,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">like the
fingers of fog<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">reaching
over the hills,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">hiding and
revealing<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the majesty
of the tabernacle,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">its hand
wrapped around this<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">single pew
and touched the gray<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">tweed
shoulder of the pilgrim,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and said to
those who held<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and watched,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">no standing
on this mount<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">save
standing arm in arm.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">On a New
England road<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">at the
height of Autumn,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">if the
traffic dies<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">for a few
minutes<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and the
wind is held<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">you can
hear each red<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and yellow
leaf as it falls<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">to the
driveway<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">like a
crispy snowflake<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">dancing on
the asphalt.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">You
wouldn't hear it otherwise<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and in a
week or three,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">it will all
be gone.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">But if you
listen now<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and crane
your neck a bit<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">you may
hear God whisper<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">in the
quiet of the fall.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 18 Oct 94<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">One, the driver of the Ford,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">They were fast to the crossroads,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Eighteen wheels spun the car around<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">a moment ago!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The priest says<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">we live our lives<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">and this earthy glass<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Edward G. Happ, a businessman from Stamford Connecticut. Mr. Edwards has been
writing poetry for the past thirty years, and was most recently a 1994 runner
up in <u>Poet</u> magazine's annual American Chapbook contest. A graduate of the
Liberal Arts College of Drew University, he began writing poetry in the eighth
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simplicity of ordinary language and experience, the 'Word ... dwelt among
us,' that drives my writing. A reviewer summed up my poetry as 'a kind of
sophisticated simplicity.' My intention
is not to be 'sophisticated,' but to strive for two things in each piece. On the first reading I want readers to hear
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New Poems is a title of its own demise. But it is also one of hope. That there are new poems to write means there is living, seeing and breathing in to do. New poems become old poems and eventually gather dust. I read through the old work and like a cabinet-maker, I see the knots and the splits from dry winters, but I also feel the oil of them, running a hand across their worn words and turns of phrase. Here are the furnishings of the senses. Come, sit, have a coffee and croissant. Brush the crumbs into your palm, dab the napkin of the page to your lips.<br>
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The following is a working edition of a chapbook. The poems are dated as reminders to me about when they occurred. Expect changes as I edit. I welcome your comments. Please let me know which poems you feel are strongest, and which need to be retired. Send comments to fairfieldreview at hpmd dot com (with a wink to the SPAMers :) --egh, 6 Dec 2013<br>
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6-Dec - First draft of poems written at the stations, along the morning paths.<br>
7-Dec - Added additional Jul-Dec poems and rearranged in chapters<br>
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<i>Noon at the Apartheid Museum </i><br>
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<i>I walk through a country's soul--</i><br>
<i>there are voices</i><br>
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<i>news;</i><br>
<i>there is pain,</i><br>
<i>unbearable pain</i><br>
<i>and it is borne</i><br>
<i>carried </i><br>
<i>worn</i><br>
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<i>is there justice</i><br>
<i>triumph </i><br>
<i>peace.</i><br>
<i>Reconciliation is not easy</i><br>
<i>it is not fast</i><br>
<i>it is not soon </i><br>
<i>but it comes;</i><br>
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<i>that starts with a few</i><br>
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<i>then like tears</i><br>
<i>a washing</i><br>
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<i>a beginning.</i><br>
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Dedicated to Nelson Mandela, 2018-2013,</span><br>
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<i>Giving thanks<br><br>The early light<br>is grabbing the snow topped Jura<br>and against the grey-blue sky<br>they glow with the new day.<br>"Come see this," I say, "they are glowing."<br>"Yes," you reply, "they do that every day"<br>"But it's the first time today."<br>And even though this day of thanks<br>came last year and the year before<br>I am grateful<br>and feast on the image of life<br>these old mountains hold in the palms<br>of their hands.<br><br>28 Nov 13</i><i><br></i><br>
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<i>Pears</i><i><br></i><i><br>The six peeled pears<br>blushing from the steamed rose'<br>in which they bathed<br>wait patiently in the white bowl<br>standing proud in a circle<br>with their little brown stems<br>curled off center;<br>you arrange the foie gras slices<br>on each plate,<br>the toasted round of fig bread<br>standing as a shade<br>against the naked pear<br>which has backed up in modesty<br>peering over its shoulder<br>at this patron of the art<br>who has just sighed<br>at the simplicity of this opening<br>that begins the feast.<br><br>29 Nov 31</i><br>
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<i><br>With a flap of the white sheet<br>I remember my mother <br>standing in the yard<br>on a spring or summer day<br>draping it over a thin braided line<br>and clipping it against the breeze<br>with wooden pins she grabbed<br>from a dish set on a folding chair;<br>this must have been a day before<br>dryers and softener sheets,<br>before the quick alarm <br>buzzing that all was done.</i></div>
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<i>I don't know why I thought of this<br>when I awoke and looked out <br>at a new autumn sky <br>with the high gray clouds <br>hanging as if they had been<br>pinned to the Jura<br>and I aching for the breeze <br>of your morning sigh<br>before you awake,<br>before I remember.<br><br>8 Oct 13</i><br>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Summer</span></b><br>
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<i>Morning Poem xxvi </i><br>
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<i> At the end in the road, </i><br>
<i> where the village square opens </i><br>
<i> and the steps are few </i><br>
<i> a sky of such blue beauty </i><br>
<i> makes me stop </i><br>
<i> and lift up my head </i><br>
<i> in all my regal virility</i><br>
<i> as if this curve of light </i><br>
<i> had the laugh of youth </i><br>
<i> and my step had the feathers </i><br>
<i> of spring </i><br>
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<i> 30 Jul 13</i><br>
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<i> Why I believe in second chances </i><br>
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<i> The bus shakes and rattles, </i><br>
<i> angling its way up the steps of the side roads, </i><br>
<i> morning sun slicing this way </i><br>
<i> then that-- </i><br>
<i> everywhere there are the tall cranes </i><br>
<i> with their long arms and counter weights </i><br>
<i> their shadows whipping the bus </i><br>
<i> with jagged stencils of black and grey </i><br>
<i> and then they are gone; </i><br>
<i> stepping off through a wheezing door </i><br>
<i> the blue sky calls, </i><br>
<i> and this morning </i><br>
<i> even the clouds have fled. </i><br>
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<i> 31 Jul 13 </i><br>
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<i> Morning Poem xxvii </i><br>
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<i> The trams with their rails above </i><br>
<i> and below </i><br>
<i> navigate in this in-between world </i><br>
<i> of what sparks our passions </i><br>
<i> and grounds us; </i><br>
<i> this morning with the sun </i><br>
<i> toasting early </i><br>
<i> all the drive is to stop, </i><br>
<i> regarde, </i><br>
<i> and step off </i><br>
<i> the servant steel </i><br>
<i> to the Jardin de Paix </i><br>
<i> where there are frogs waiting on lily pads </i><br>
<i> for the chorus in which you have a part </i><br>
<i> to begin. </i><br>
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<i> 6 Aug 13 </i><br>
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<i>Morning Poem xxviii </i><br>
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<i> She sits at the edge </i><br>
<i> of the Main Street tables </i><br>
<i> at Apunto </i><br>
<i> silver hair coiffed </i><br>
<i> by the low sun, </i><br>
<i> smiling with a hint of slyness </i><br>
<i> as if she knows something </i><br>
<i> that we who walk with sprite steps </i><br>
<i> toward the train that never waits </i><br>
<i> have not yet seen, </i><br>
<i> that is as elusive as blue sky </i><br>
<i> on a rare crisp day in August </i><br>
<i> that frames each stone </i><br>
<i> on this cobbled way. </i><br>
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<i> 12 Aug 13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rue de la Gare, Nyon</span><br>
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<i> The stillness on the pond </i><br>
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<i> The sparrows come to the goldfish pond, </i><br>
<i> stand on its stone rim </i><br>
<i> and lean into their reflection </i><br>
<i> taking in this liquid glass; </i><br>
<i> the light from the midday sun </i><br>
<i> and the stillness on the pond </i><br>
<i> presents them with an image </i><br>
<i> that is only theirs, </i><br>
<i> one where they appear </i><br>
<i> to lean into a kiss </i><br>
<i> as the master avian </i><br>
<i> grips the edge </i><br>
<i> and bends for a drink. </i><br>
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<i> 12 Aug 13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jardin de la Paix, Geneva</span><br>
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<i> Good news on a lily </i><br>
<br>
<i> At the other side of the goldfish pond </i><br>
<i> there is a sudden to-do with the urgent </i><br>
<i> sound of fish vying for some morsel </i><br>
<i> that is not apparent. </i><br>
<i> There is no one else tossing bits </i><br>
<i> of sandwich bread into the school </i><br>
<i> and my tuna-fish Bagnell is long gone. </i><br>
<i> I get up and walk to the other side </i><br>
<i> to see what all the fuss is </i><br>
<i> and see a bit of crust my neighbor </i><br>
<i> flicked into the drink </i><br>
<i> that landed on a lily pad; </i><br>
<i> how these amber denizens </i><br>
<i> got the good news is a mystery </i><br>
<i> but they are knocking on the leafy roof </i><br>
<i> as if the world were balanced on its stem </i><br>
<i> and with the persistent hope,</i><br>
<i> the promise of its body </i><br>
<i> slides off this heavenly perch </i><br>
<i> and enters their shallow pool. </i><br>
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<i>12 Aug 13 </i><br>
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<i> Mid-day absence </i><br>
<br>
<i> The monster green John Deere mower </i><br>
<i> sits silently on the corner of an estate lawn </i><br>
<i> half mowed at noon, </i><br>
<i> the gardener on the freshly smooth turf </i><br>
<i> asleep under a warm sun </i><br>
<i> arm canopied over his eyes; </i><br>
<i> this is a lunch I do not know, </i><br>
<i> but curious, I stop to take a photo </i><br>
<i> with my phone </i><br>
<i> and save it away on a corner </i><br>
<i> of Oblivious and Main </i><br>
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<i> 15 Aug 13 </i><br>
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<i> Crossing </i><br>
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<i> It is already late in August, </i><br>
<i> the autumn whispers </i><br>
<i> in the early day </i><br>
<i> before the sun is high; </i><br>
<i> what was slowness </i><br>
<i> of a summer </i><br>
<i> is now a quickening, </i><br>
<i> not yet the alarm </i><br>
<i> of winter's night; </i><br>
<i> in each moment </i><br>
<i> there is a knowing </i><br>
<i> that the fire is waning </i><br>
<i> that the fire is waiting. </i><br>
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<i> 27 Aug 13 </i><br>
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<i> Poetry while waiting </i><br>
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<i> Poetry while waiting </i><br>
<i> for the morning train </i><br>
<i> is an in-the-palm reading </i><br>
<i> with a tiny screen </i><br>
<i> windowing into a world gone by </i><br>
<i> of an oiled wooden desk, </i><br>
<i> a piece of paper lifted </i><br>
<i> from a drawer, </i><br>
<i> a pen freshly inked </i><br>
<i> pausing over the paper </i><br>
<i> as the writer looks up </i><br>
<i> to a clear-story window </i><br>
<i> at the ceiling's edge </i><br>
<i> that has flickered some light </i><br>
<i> on the ceiling as the willow trees </i><br>
<i> in front wave with their metronome </i><br>
<i> of music about to be played. </i><br>
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<i> 31 Aug 13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Somewhere in Tuscany </span><br>
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<i> How fragile we are </i><br>
<br>
<i> The street musician </i><br>
<i> sets his chair next </i><br>
<i> to the palace gate </i><br>
<i> where the acoustics are moist </i><br>
<i> and the evening shade is quick. </i><br>
<i> those who are weary from the galleries </i><br>
<i> and long walks on narrow stone streets </i><br>
<i> have come to sit alone on old steps and listen. </i><br>
<i>The reverence in their silence </i><br>
<i> is a gift of sacred places </i><br>
<i> as his gentle guitar echoes</i><br>
<i> "this fragile earth, </i><br>
<i> our island home" </i><br>
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<i> 5 Sep 13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> After dinner, in Florence </span><br>
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<i> Waiting for the boat </i><br>
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<i> Waiting for the boat </i><br>
<i> in a small seaside town </i><br>
<i> basking in the sun </i><br>
<i> and feeling the late summer breeze </i><br>
<i> arrive early </i><br>
<i> before the sun dunks into this </i><br>
<i> confluence of blue </i><br>
<i> where the sky has also made </i><br>
<i> its arrival known by knitting </i><br>
<i> into this Mediterranean picture </i><br>
<i> just where the distant sail </i><br>
<i> has sketched from right to left;</i><br>
<i> the horn sounds as all eyes </i><br>
<i> look down the steps </i><br>
<i> to where this vessel makes its port </i><br>
<i> where we walk across on dry land </i><br>
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<i> Sun 1-Sep-13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Cinque Terre </span><br>
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<i> Mirage </i><br>
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<i> Under this sun </i><br>
<i> of a late August day </i><br>
<i> in the village on the coast </i><br>
<i> there is not a thought </i><br>
<i> that does not evaporate; </i><br>
<i> the skin tightens with the salt </i><br>
<i> from a whisper off the sea </i><br>
<i> and even the air for breath </i><br>
<i> has the taste of baking; </i><br>
<i> a walking stick prods the cobblestones </i><br>
<i> as if they were coals </i><br>
<i> and walking the fire </i><br>
<i> were invitational; </i><br>
<i> were it not for the cherry tomatoes </i><br>
<i> you popped in my mouth </i><br>
<i> that reminded me of sun </i><br>
<i> and heat and earth, </i><br>
<i> I would be dreaming </i><br>
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<i> 10 Sep 13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Remembering Cinque Terre </span><br>
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<i> Morning Poem xxix </i><br>
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<i> I am riding between the first class cars </i><br>
<i> sitting in the conductor's fold-down seat </i><br>
<i> with the baggage I've maneuvered </i><br>
<i> just enough to make for leg room. </i><br>
<i> staring into the blue panels with </i><br>
<i> three or four coats of paint </i><br>
<i> I ride with the sounds, </i><br>
<i> the roll of bearings </i><br>
<i> the jiggle in the door </i><br>
<i> the occasional whoosh of passing </i><br>
<i> trains and stations </i><br>
<i> the flute of the brakes </i><br>
<i> the chime of the announcing </i><br>
<i> that we've arrived. </i><br>
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<i> 16 Sep 13 </i><br>
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<i> Evening Poem iv </i><br>
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<i> Hundreds of white flies rise from the lawn </i><br>
<i> as the sun slices low across this valley </i><br>
<i> and illuminates each as if spores in the wind </i><br>
<i> if they are called by the night </i><br>
<i> they glow with anticipation </i><br>
<i> rising up the meet the inky heaven </i><br>
<i> as it rolls down like a river. </i><br>
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<i> 23 Sep 13 </i><br>
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<i> Evening Poem v </i><br>
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<i>The bus trundles by the old wall </i><br>
<i> high above the bending avenue, </i><br>
<i> the turning leaves hang on spindly </i><br>
<i> branches leaning over the stony limits— </i><br>
<i> how can one be brave without the roots? </i><br>
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<i> Walking through the halls of shops </i><br>
<i> and restaurants dark </i><br>
<i> between the lunch and dinner hours, </i><br>
<i> reminds me of the platform for the trains </i><br>
<i> so empty at mid-afternoon it feels </i><br>
<i> everyone has left the city. </i><br>
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<i> The security agent waves the camera phone </i><br>
<i> from my hand; </i><br>
<i> I slide it into my pocket and turn </i><br>
<i> as you walk through the detectors </i><br>
<i> and into a quiet of your own, </i><br>
<i> your tears fresh on my lips. </i><br>
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<i> I am making my own quiet now </i><br>
<i> a place where no one else enters, </i><br>
<i> where only you are the echo </i><br>
<i> that runs across oceans, </i><br>
<i> that whispers my name. </i><br>
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<i> 7 Oct 13 </i><br>
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<i> Pillow Talk </i><br>
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<i> I take off one shoe </i><br>
<i> then the other, </i><br>
<i> and think about how </i><br>
<i> one moment follows another. </i><br>
<i> these are not put back on </i><br>
<i> and laced up in the morning. </i><br>
<i> they fall like snow on the pond </i><br>
<i> and disappear. </i><br>
<i> yet I see them now as if new, </i><br>
<i> the memory is never past. </i><br>
<i>I remember our first kiss </i><br>
<i> as if it were about to happen, </i><br>
<i> and I anticipate. </i><br>
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<i> 8 Oct 12 </i><br>
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<i> Up </i><br><br><i>It is</i><br>
<i> one of a dozen words </i><br>
<i> she has learned </i><br>
<i> before her second year, </i><br>
<i> "up" she says with the sign </i><br>
<i> of two arms stretched </i><br>
<i> into the gathering in </i><br>
<i> that I the occasional grand-pa </i><br>
<i> have been entrusted </i><br>
<i> "up", she says with an urgency </i><br>
<i> of wanting to be held </i><br>
<i> "up" to see a world below </i><br>
<i> from a high branch </i><br>
<i> in an ancient tree </i><br>
<i> "up" to spark a love </i><br>
<i> that would defend against </i><br>
<i> all manner of monster </i><br>
<i> "up" to remind me what </i><br>
<i> a simple holding creates </i><br>
<i> the bond on which </i><br>
<i> we rest, the hands </i><br>
<i> that will not let us fall. </i><br>
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<i> 11 Oct 13 </i><br>
<i> For Anna </i><br>
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<i>Evening Poem viii </i><br>
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<i> This lobe of moon </i><br>
<i> points west across </i><br>
<i> a continent and ocean </i><br>
<i> to where I imagine </i><br>
<i> you are waking </i><br>
<i> to a sun half a day </i><br>
<i> away </i><br>
<i> and yet as I trundle </i><br>
<i> across this campus </i><br>
<i> on a chilly night </i><br>
<i> in the midst of October’s </i><br>
<i> change </i><br>
<i> I am walking with you </i><br>
<i> closer than a hundred </i><br>
<i> moons </i><br>
<i> and steps can </i><br>
<i> ever reach. </i><br>
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<i> 15 Oct 13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">St. Charles </span><br>
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<i> Morning Poem xxx </i><br>
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<i> Grey morning blowing </i><br>
<i> through the mid-autumn trees, </i><br>
<i> the shimmering cymbals of leaves </i><br>
<i> shaking loose from their limbs, </i><br>
<i> the air chilled enough to make </i><br>
<i> me huddle in my coat; </i><br>
<i> soon the day will begin </i><br>
<i> and there will be the cacophony </i><br>
<i> of speaking as we all take our seats </i><br>
<i> but for one more minute </i><br>
<i> I can sit with the trees </i><br>
<i> and think of you leaning </i><br>
<i> into me. </i><br>
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<i> 16 Oct 13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">St. Charles </span><br>
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<i> Morning Poem xxxi </i><br>
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<i> The early light is dancing </i><br>
<i> with the autumn leaves; </i><br>
<i> the flutter in the heart </i><br>
<i> of the tall trees calls, </i><br>
<i> and I am holding you </i><br>
<i>as surely as the sun </i><br>
<i> holds each yellow and red </i><br>
<i> maple, oak and beech </i><br>
<i>hands </i><i>that are open with a painted palm</i><br>
<i> that the early light has grasped </i><br>
<i> and will again </i><br>
<i> and ever do. </i><br>
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<i> 20 Oct 13 </i><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Sunday in No. Stamford </span><br>
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<i> Evening Poem ix </i><br>
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<i> The gardeners were here today </i><br>
<i> with their trimmers and rakes; </i><br>
<i> now each bush and hedge </i><br>
<i> is coiffed, precise as a clock </i><br>
<i> in a Swiss station; </i><br>
<i> they left exactly at six </i><br>
<i> with branches tied to a narrow </i><br>
<i> trailer with blue elastic straps </i><br>
<i> as the sun set behind low clouds </i><br>
<i> at the valley's edge; </i><br>
<i> tonight we set the clocks back </i><br>
<i> and the days will seem to shorten, </i><br>
<i> pruned back to the early spring </i><br>
<i> as we rake up the minutes </i><br>
<i> like leaves and take them </i><br>
<i> in tall bags to wait at the corner; </i><br>
<i> in the unraveling of the wee hours </i><br>
<i> before the Sunday sun creeps up </i><br>
<i> I imagine your hands rubbing </i><br>
<i> your sleepy eyes, the early morning </i><br>
<i> tussle of your hair, </i><br>
<i> and the press of you </i><br>
<i> when I gather you in. </i><br>
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<i> 27 Oct 13 </i><br>
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<i>Morning Poem xxxiii </i><br>
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<i> This must be a gaggle of kindergarten kids </i><br>
<i> huddled on the other train platform </i><br>
<i> with their yellow yokes and tethers, </i><br>
<i> diminutive backpacks, </i><br>
<i> winter coats; </i><br>
<i> their teachers barrier them </i><br>
<i> from the edges </i><br>
<i> herding them into an early circled form </i><br>
<i> and wait; </i><br>
<i> the train will come </i><br>
<i> and unfathomable adventure </i><br>
<i> begin </i><br>
<i> but for now one boy points </i><br>
<i> to the autumn tree </i><br>
<i> with its circle of red and yellow and some green, </i><br>
<i> his arm and finger piercing the mundane </i><br>
<i> that is never mundane </i><br>
<i> with an urgency </i><br>
<i> to look </i><br>
<i> before the moment falls. </i><br>
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<i> 1 Nov 13 </i><br>
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<i>Gust </i><br>
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<i>The yellow maple leaf cartwheels </i><br>
<i>across the littered lawn </i><br>
<i>as if on a rail into the garden </i><br>
<i>so this gust of late autumn wind </i><br>
<i>grabs all in its path </i><br>
<i>and has us searching for the sheltered side </i><br>
<i>in parkas with fur trimmed hoods </i><br>
<i>turning anywhere but straight </i><br>
<i>into to this crescendo that shakes </i><br>
<i>the trees until every leaf drops and dances. </i><br>
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<i>24 Nov 13 </i><br>
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<i> Walking from the plane in Nairobi </i><br>
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<i> Lightening flashing in the distance </i><br>
<i> yet no thunder sounds-- </i><br>
<i> too far away, </i><br>
<i> so far I’ve come </i><br>
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<i> the night haze hangs </i><br>
<i> in the street lamps </i><br>
<i> and though the driver knows the way, </i><br>
<i> I am lost </i><br>
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<i> it is late </i><br>
<i> and somewhere </i><br>
<i> south of this equator </i><br>
<i> you have not woken yet </i><br>
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<i> sometimes I am weary </i><br>
<i> of the travel; </i><br>
<i> the exotic becomes a way-station </i><br>
<i> and I have yet to sleep </i><br>
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<i> the rain comes </i><br>
<i> slowly as a train arriving; </i><br>
<i> I dream of an umbrella </i><br>
<i> and you leaning into my kiss </i><br>
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<i> 10 Nov 13, 16 Nov 13 </i><br>
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<i> Noon at the Apartheid Museum ii</i><br>
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<i> I walk through a country's soul </i><br>
<i> there are voices </i><br>
<i> images </i><br>
<i> news </i><br>
<i> there is pain </i><br>
<i> unbearable pain </i><br>
<i> and it is borne </i><br>
<i> carried </i><br>
<i> worn </i><br>
<i> and only at the end </i><br>
<i> is there justice </i><br>
<i> triumph </i><br>
<i> peace. </i><br>
<i> reconciliation is not easy </i><br>
<i> it is not fast </i><br>
<i> it is not soon </i><br>
<i> but it comes </i><br>
<i> it comes </i><br>
<i> like a rain </i><br>
<i> that starts with a few </i><br>
<i> drops on a face </i><br>
<i> then like tears </i><br>
<i> a washing </i><br>
<i> a flood of beginning </i><br>
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<i> 13 Nov 13 </i><br>
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<i> Evening Poem xiii </i><br>
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<i> Sitting in this terminal </i><br>
<i> that seems at the end of the world </i><br>
<i> I begin the journey home; </i><br>
<i> tomorrow you travel with the sun, </i><br>
<i> and as this planet spins </i><br>
<i> our paths braid again </i><br>
<i> like the travel from Paris </i><br>
<i> and between the coasts </i><br>
<i> we return </i><br>
<i> slower than the lightening </i><br>
<i> but as sure as the thunder </i><br>
<i> we return </i><br>
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<i> 15 Nov 13 </i><br>
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<i>Morning Poem xxxiv </i><br>
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<i>As the train pulls into Coppet </i><br>
<i>there are glimpses of the Jura </i><br>
<i>through the narrow streets; </i><br>
<i>the clouds of days are lifting </i><br>
<i>and have left their early winter dust </i><br>
<i>as white laced cards </i><br>
<i>that say you were here </i><br>
<i>a season ago </i><br>
<i>and returning </i><br>
<i>in the hints of days. </i><br>
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<i>5 Nov 13</i><br>
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<i>Evening Poem xi </i><br>
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<i>In a window beyond the white stucco wall </i><br>
<i>a couple sits at a table; </i><br>
<i>I see above his shoulders </i><br>
<i>and half her face, </i><br>
<i>but it is the top of the olive oil flask </i><br>
<i>with its curved spout </i><br>
<i>that commands the center between them, </i><br>
<i>and I imagine from his intent look </i><br>
<i>that the talk </i><br>
<i>is of the events in the news </i><br>
<i>or something during her day </i><br>
<i>and that at any moment </i><br>
<i>he will reach for the tall glass </i><br>
<i>and pour just a dash </i><br>
<i>of extra virgin oil </i><br>
<i>on whatever dish is set </i><br>
<i>before them </i><br>
<i>that I cannot see. </i><br>
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<i>6 Nov 13 </i><br>
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<i>Evening Poem xii </i><br>
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<i>There were fewer stars tonight </i><br>
<i>as I trundled the garbage bag </i><br>
<i>down our little street, </i><br>
<i>the dipper's handle was gone </i><br>
<i>and the north star had bedded down </i><br>
<i>behind a wispy cloud; </i><br>
<i>I wonder how the ancient mariners </i><br>
<i>navigated on such a night, </i><br>
<i>guessing how far it must be </i><br>
<i>to that next point of light </i><br>
<i>and knowing home was half </i><br>
<i>a world away </i><br>
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<i>7 Nov 13 </i><br>
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<i>Friday </i><br>
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<i>The hound I just passed </i><br>
<i>tethered to the chair of his master </i><br>
<i>who sits just outside the door </i><br>
<i>of the tiny cafe </i><br>
<i>where I buy croissants-normal, </i><br>
<i>has his nose to the breeze </i><br>
<i>that wafts in like a slow </i><br>
<i>news day </i><br>
<i>from villages beyond this campus </i><br>
<i>whose little town will be quieter </i><br>
<i>tomorrow. </i><br>
<i>like the pause in this hounds sniffing </i><br>
<i>as I enter his stream </i><br>
<i>swinging my petit bag to go. </i><br>
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<i>8 Nov 13 </i></div>
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<i> The wind blows through the underpass </i><br>
<i> as a constant cello with a long bow; </i><br>
<i> a lone violinist plays a sad largo tune </i><br>
<i> from one of the masters I do not know. </i><br>
<i> and the gust of air becomes still; </i><br>
<i> people stop in their morning rush </i><br>
<i> and breathe in the sighs and sways </i><br>
<i> of the artist who plays for coffee. </i><br>
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<i> 25 Nov 13</i><br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> "I've got an old John Deere tractor and it’s got plenty of rust, <br> But inside it runs like a top." --Don Henley </span><br>
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<i> Listen to that engine purr </i><br>
<i> there's a sureness to that hum </i><br>
<i> of gears turning </i><br>
<i>and valves lifting; </i><br>
<i> this is an ear that knows. </i><br>
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<i>Never mind that the shine is gone </i><br>
<i> and a feebleness has entered the looking glass; </i><br>
<i> this top can spin forever; </i><br>
<i> see that wobble now off its center? </i><br>
<i>Momentary! I</i><i>t will be back!</i><br>
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<i>There is still a gleam in the eye </i><br>
<i> chin lifted and </i><i>a step forward;</i><br>
<i> hear the music in the wheeze </i><br>
<i> the idle humming </i><i>before the drifting</i><br>
<i> off to sleep. </i><br>
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<i> 26 Nov 13 </i><br>
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<i> It is the first night I can see my breath </i><br>
<i> wisping out like the curve of smoke </i><br>
<i> from the chimneys in the distance; </i><br>
<i> a late flight whines overhead </i><br>
<i> as it makes it's climb with heartthrob lights </i><br>
<i> flashing on the wingtips; </i><br>
<i> I hear the gurgling of the fountain </i><br>
<i> somewhere to the left, </i><br>
<i> and over rows of shoe-box houses </i><br>
<i> a train leaves the station; </i><br>
<i> at the turn there is the sound of shutters </i><br>
<i> clapping at the day's end </i><br>
<i> and on the main street with its perfect </i><br>
<i> cobblestones there pass solo </i><br>
<i> citizens, </i><br>
<i> shadows in dark coats </i><br>
<i> without a sound.</i><br>
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<i> 3 Dec 13 </i><br>
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<i> Morning Poem xxxvi </i><br>
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<i> The utility truck comes towards us </i><br>
<i> with it yellow cab and yellow flashing lights-- </i><br>
<i> there is no siren for the downed wire. </i><br>
<i> The cherry-picker bucket sits on its </i><br>
<i> long arms folded, waiting-- </i><br>
<i> all is to the ready; </i><br>
<i> as our bus turns left </i><br>
<i> and the truck turns right, </i><br>
<i> we go with intent </i><br>
<i> of reaching our destination </i><br>
<i> and making a change </i><br>
<i> that shines a light </i><br>
<i> on some corner of the world. </i><br>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Introduction</span></b><br>
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One of the things I learned as a poet was paying attention to things that grabbed my attention—things that moved me and made me want to rewind and be in that moment again—something that writing poetry allows me to do. Yet the insight I gained was not as much that poetry could capture and re-present moments, if-you-will, but rather knowing when it will happen—whether a concert, a good homily, or a poetry reading—I go with the expectation that something new will transpire to trigger my creative side. It’s as if I go to these places with pen in hand, ready to write.<br>
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Similarly, I've found that my thinking about problems and new ideas gets better when I’m in dialog with other creative and bright people. There is something about the give and take of conversation, heightened in debate, which ratchets up my thinking, makes me more reflective and engaged with the subject matter in which I’m immersed. This is most true for me in the question and answer time after a presentation. The expected and unexpected questions are often a time to reformulate something, to say it in a new way, to bring in some of the banter to make it better. The bonus is that I can seek out those places where this happens and go like the poet with recorder in hand and an expectation.<br>
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This kind of “talk--to-conclusion” (or to “talk to better questions”) is a milieu for thinking that I learned early and have been reminded of at important junctures in my life. The notion that I can expect to co-create with new and old colleagues is a form of collaboration that for me forms a basis for much of my work.<br>
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When I came to Bellagio in the fall of 2011 as a resident practitioner at the Rockefeller Center, I came with the expectation that the nascent ideas and objectives that I had about collaboration would develop here. I knew this was a place of incomparable beauty, offering the serenity to reflect and write. But it was not the setting (and certainly not the food) that was the creative catalyst.<br>
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Given past experiences, it should have come as no surprise that the conversations would be such a rich source of thinking about collaborations. At Bellagio there is a broad mix of people from countries as far apart as China, Denmark and Nicaragua; and from backgrounds as varied as ecologists, journalists and videographers. We meet for meals and presentations, for drinks before and after dinner, and for the occasional excursions into town in search of the cuisine of the region. Every week some of the group was leaving and new members arriving. One of my colleagues called it the “conveyor belt of Bellagio” the on-and-off overlap of our terms that relentlessly brought something new. I met people who I will count as colleagues and friends for years to come. The conversations with these brilliantly diverse people, not only improved my thinking, they changed the path of my work.<br>
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Accepting the letter that arrived from New York some sixteen months ago, I had the sense that I’d arrive to write all those threads left dangling in a busy world, to reflect in weeks what was often a minute here or there. To know the places and times I come alive, expecting a new horizon, a new vantage point and even disequilibrium brought about by the give and take, the push and pull of a dozen points of view the people who come together in one place—even unwittingly— can become partners in a collaboration to help create something new. To these Fellows, I dedicate these poems.<br>
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--egh <br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Notes</b></span><br>
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The following is a working edition of a chapbook of poems. The poems are dated as reminders to me about when they occurred. Expect changes as I edit. I welcome your comments. Please let me know which poems you feel are strongest, and which don't hold a candle to the rest (and need to be extinguished.) My sense is that there are perhaps 3 good poems for every 20 I write. Send comments to fairfieldreview at hpmd dot com (with a wink to the SPAMers :) --egh, 16 Sep 11<br>
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4-Oct-11 - Added 3 new poems (24-26) and picked some favorites.<br>
5-Oct-11 - Added 2 new poems (27, 28)<br>
8-Oct-11 - Added 2 new poems (29, 30)<br>
10-Oct-11 - Added 2 new poems (31, 32)<br>
11-Oct-11 - Added the introduction and new favorites<br>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">24-Oct-11 - Made a few minor corrections based on reader feedback (thank you) to "From the Summit" (8) and "Morning Sip" (21)</span><br>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">17-Aug-13 - Created a blogspot.com copy of the manuscript for easier reading and mobile support.</span><br>
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Favorites - the ones I still like in the morning are:<br>
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5. To the Heights of Serbelloni<br>
8. From the Summit<br>
14. Under the Wisdom Tree<br>
15. Learning from Flies<br>
18. A Book of Poetry<br>
19. Long Shadows<br>
23. Setting<br>
24. After Reading Collin's "Roses" for the Third Time<br>
26. Serenity<br>
27. Smoke<br>
29. Hydrofoil<br>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">First Days</span></b><br>
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Morning Poem (1)<br>
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I come to sit under an ancient cypress<br>
that twists from the cork of its ground, <br>
and in its way bursts<br>
with a green effervescence<br>
toward its heaven; <br>
the stone bench beneath <br>
is cool and damp and the breeze from the lake below,<br>
so slight <br>
it requires staring <br>
at the new tips of uncut <br>
shoots from the hedge<br>
with new intent—<br>
something this cypress<br>
has done for many days<br>
since the mason placed the iron rails<br>
between the stone columns,<br>
and the gardener<br>
on his knees with trowel <br>
in hand turned a twist of dirt <br>
for just this opening.<br>
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Forgotten (2)<br>
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Having read from the backlit screen<br>
For too long last night,<br>
one connection leading to another,<br>
One story recalling one more;<br>
The morning alarm disturbs a dream unfinished,<br>
Which I cannot remember now <br>
Save there were three characters,<br>
And I had only talked with two.<br>
Now standing in the shower <br>
With the row of shampoo bottles<br>
We lined up on the tile sill,<br>
I decide which one to use, <br>
Step out of the shower <br>
With a twist of towel <br>
And realize in the mirror <br>
I left the bottle unopened,<br>
Like the third person in the dream ,<br>
And in a haste for breakfast <br>
The clock already chiming <br>
halfway to close,<br>
I imagine eggs and bacon <br>
That may have been left behind<br>
By those who woke much sooner. <br>
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16 Sep 11<br>
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Strangers (3)<br>
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Here in this place <br>
I come as a stranger<br>
with intent,<br>
to dip into the warm waters <br>
of conversations <br>
That grow from why we're here<br>
To hear pieces of the studies <br>
Of which I know nothing,<br>
But have read a quote in somewhere,<br>
Enough to spread the wings ignorance <br>
Like fly paper <br>
Waiting for something<br>
To stick. <br>
But it is the stories that <br>
Are the beads we string along a common thread <br>
Where we don't know how this piece <br>
Will come out,<br>
But trust it will reach <br>
A silver clasp.<br>
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16 Sep 11<br>
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Chiesa di San Giacomo (4)<br>
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On a wooden bench<br>
thick with cedar slats<br>
my back to the old stone wall<br>
of Chiesa di San Giacomo,<br>
the fountain barely trickles<br>
in the piazza;<br>
above green and gray shutters,<br>
some open, some closed;<br>
when the church bell bursts<br>
as if played like a trumpet<br>
to a count of three and one,<br>
for a moment<br>
the people clustered as grapes<br>
around small tables along Via Roma<br>
look up;<br>
one lifts a glass of wine.<br>
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17 Sep 11<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> At the church at 3:30 PM</span><br>
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To the Heights of Serbelloni (5)<br>
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On the stairs<br>
to Villa Serbelloni<br>
one has the sense <br>
of ever reaching,<br>
of all the non-arrivals,<br>
each turn <br>
succeeded<br>
by yet a greater one,<br>
so that one cannot<br>
put down the pen<br>
as if reaching the end<br>
of the poem,<br>
but rather writing first lines<br>
again and again.<br>
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17 Sep 11<br>
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Climbing (original) (6)<br>
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The world<br>
five inches<br>
at a time<br>
can be grasped—<br>
but, oh,<br>
there is always<br>
another step<br>
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Climbing (as Haiku)<br>
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The world five inches (5)<br>
at a time is grasped— but, oh, (7)<br>
always one more step (5)<br>
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17 Sep 11<br>
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From a window (7)<br>
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Clouds catch in the creases<br>
of the Como mountains<br>
and hang like smoke<br>
on the roofs of northern houses;<br>
the summits hide<br>
under hats of gray,<br>
backlit by the sun,<br>
trying valiantly to push through.<br>
Such are the ideas<br>
for today,<br>
lost somewhere in the gray spaces<br>
between a fog and clarity<br>
of thought.<br>
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18 Sep 11<br>
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From the Summit (8)<br>
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I climb to the ruins<br>
on the point of Bellagio<br>
where the wind buffets<br>
my coat as a sail.<br>
Last night the cold front chased rains<br>
and as the thin air chilled<br>
it left a coat of snow<br>
on the upper Alps—<br>
a white shock of hair<br>
on the horizon,<br>
reminding of winter’s nearness.<br>
Sitting on an old stone wall<br>
I ache for the height<br>
of depth;<br>
I start to see<br>
that what comes<br>
after a climb of many steps<br>
is the all-of-a-sudden<br>
change in wind<br>
and the front that blocks my view<br>
blows through until the sun<br>
once again teases<br>
my eyes.<br>
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19 Sep 11 AM<br>
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Late Afternoon (9)<br>
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The late afternoon sun<br>
caroms off the lake<br>
in billiards of light;<br>
the sycamore bumpers<br>
just enough to angle rays<br>
left and right<br>
with the shifting breeze;<br>
every edge in these random<br>
cliffs and rounded crags<br>
funnels each wave<br>
of lake and cloud<br>
as if they were going<br>
“this way”,<br>
to this end,<br>
to the valley that flattens<br>
to the plains of Piedmont<br>
and then the sea.<br>
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19 Sep 11 PM<br>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Middle Days</span></b><br>
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Gam-ma Duex (10)<br>
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Walking from the town<br>
to the iron gate<br>
before the hundred stairs,<br>
we see an orange cat<br>
like our gam-ma<br>
sitting on the landing—<br>
a deeper shade of rust,<br>
with thicker fur<br>
and wise green eyes,<br>
he is younger—<br>
yet when we stop<br>
and meow as if to say hello<br>
in cat-o-nese,<br>
he rolls on his back<br>
to show his soft underside,<br>
yielding to the master<br>
who has deigned <br>
to stoop and pet his tufts of hair,<br>
just as gam-ma does<br>
a country away<br>
in another time and place—<br>
and I think about this openness<br>
to whatever the encounter will bring,<br>
this yielding to the measures and spaces<br>
no matter which landing <br>
sits before us,<br>
which gate<br>
has just swung open.<br>
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22 Sep 11<br>
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In our first summer<br>
we discovered a small ginger plant<br>
choked off from the sun<br>
straining underneath the creeping blooms;<br>
I remember clearing the growth around it,<br>
and placing a plastic flower pot<br>
whose bottom I removed<br>
around the nascent plant<br>
as wall to keep the world at bay—<br>
here you will grow unimpeded, I thought.<br>
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Sitting on an old wall amid the ruins<br>
at the apex of Serbelloni,<br>
taking in the sun and shade<br>
as I write,<br>
I have the sense of ginger<br>
with all that covers and intrudes,<br>
held just enough away<br>
the sweet essence<br>
of a verdant pen <br>
spills upon the page.<br>
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22 Sep 11 <br>
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An Opening (12)<br>
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Here and there<br>
hang tarnished chains<br>
of varied links—<br>
so the Villa window frames<br>
with their small brass hooks<br>
can be restrained<br>
for their opening—<br>
and as the evening wind<br>
crescendos<br>
there can be no sudden shut<br>
that rattles brain and glass,<br>
but a holding open,<br>
an allowance,<br>
an invitation;<br>
that what blows in on the wings<br>
of arms outstretched as shutters<br>
abides<br>
and cannot be held at bay.<br>
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25 Sep 11<br>
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What is within a reach (13)<br>
<br>
I remember an old friend<br>
passing on the folklore<br>
of the distance runner:<br>
to run within your breath;<br>
now years later, I stop<br>
on this path of a hundred steps<br>
to catch my breath.<br>
Looking up at this group<br>
of random cypress,<br>
their tops seem out of reach;<br>
yet just this morning<br>
from the balcony<br>
before my quick descent<br>
into the rings of land and lake,<br>
I could reach down my hand<br>
and touch the crowns of blue<br>
that hovered on their finger tips<br>
and mine. <br>
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26 Sep 11<br>
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Under the Wisdom Tree (14)<br>
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Under the wisdom tree,<br>
the statue of Pan is silent;<br>
his flute ever poised upon his lips<br>
as if waiting for the measure<br>
when he comes in with first notes.<br>
<br>
A fountain of three strings trembles,<br>
gently plucking the pool beneath its feet;<br>
and in the distance behind me,<br>
the mid-morning sun pushes<br>
over the mountain chop<br>
and makes the lifting fog glow<br>
a yellow-pink.<br>
<br>
The lake shimmers<br>
a silk veil in the breeze,<br>
ferries make their way<br>
from town to town,<br>
leaving a streak of finger paint<br>
to show their sending port,<br>
on the hillside are dots of roofs<br>
and bright stucco walls,<br>
catching the upper rays of light.<br>
<br>
Here under the ancient cypress,<br>
two-note birds call from tree to tree,<br>
and in this shock of abundant life<br>
the air is chilled,<br>
the bench damp with evening, <br>
still<br>
Nothing is the same.<br>
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27 Sep 11<br>
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Learning from the flies (15)<br>
<br>
The flies have each picked<br>
a pane of glass<br>
on the tall window<br>
of my room<br>
and do what flies will do,<br>
as if each strip of molded wood<br>
were a fence<br>
to mark their dance into the void<br>
that keeps on pushing back.<br>
<br>
Outside across the lake<br>
lies Varenna,<br>
bounded by clusters of pink houses<br>
and yellow inns<br>
under hats of orange tile;<br>
a stream of cars and ferries<br>
make their way to and from<br>
its rising portals.<br>
<br>
The flies move so slowly now<br>
as if spent in the tracking <br>
of the haze-clothed sun,<br>
somewhere that’s oblivious,<br>
just beyond a flies reach,<br>
just beyond Varenna.<br>
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28 Sep 11<br>
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Each a fruit (16)<br>
<br>
We go back to pick the swollen pears<br>
that hang on branches bent<br>
almost to the ground,<br>
as dangling arms of sapiens,<br>
knuckles brushing the plethora<br>
of green weeds and grasses gone to seed.<br>
<br>
The mosquitoes hover ankle high<br>
and wait in silent pause<br>
for a shorts-clad leg<br>
to amble by.<br>
<br>
Now another day,<br>
the bites swell red <br>
and seem to move about<br>
when I rub the salve in circles<br>
on parts behind, that bend to where<br>
I cannot see.<br>
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28 Sep 11<br>
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Shower (17)<br>
<br>
She showers in the corner—<br>
not the corner of the salle de bain,<br>
but the corner of the shower stall<br>
with its staggered sliding doors of glass<br>
and single spot light overhead,<br>
recessed in a ceiling that seems a score away.<br>
<br>
In this country of Da Vinci, one would think<br>
someone would design<br>
a showerhead that would rain<br>
to where you wish,<br>
<br>
to where she does not need<br>
to stand on the tile border<br>
back to the corner<br>
so the warmth that is the morning call<br>
can run across her shoulders<br>
<br>
not in an act of withdrawing to some dark recess,<br>
but adapting to all that’s different in this place <br>
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29 Sep 11<br>
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A book of poetry (18)<br>
<br>
I read the poems<br>
so briskly in the morning,<br>
the pages flap in the turn <br>
of wind;<br>
I imagine a poet’s pen<br>
scurrying to keep up,<br>
no time for an ex<br>
that takes out the word<br>
just used, which doesn’t quite fit<br>
at this turn in the poem;<br>
no time for the dot on the eye<br>
or even the ing at the end<br>
of this begin.<br>
<br>
What was he thinking <br>
from this poem to the next,<br>perhaps over a cappuccino,<br>
a long hot bath,<br>
a walk with the dog<br>
along the river mentioned<br>
in this stanza coming up?<br>
<br>
Late at night, with insomnia<br>
dancing at the edges,<br>
I read more slowly,<br>
drifting down the deep river<br>
to an inky sleep<br>
and forget,<br>
<br>
putting the bookmark<br>
between the same pages,<br>
so in the light of dawn<br>
I may go back,<br>
and gallop through its day.<br>
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29 Sep 11<br>
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Long Shadows (19)<br>
<br>
The long shadows<br>
paint a beginning<br>
and an end;<br>
a sun pushes off the mountain crags<br>
and dazzles the wakes of silent wind;<br>
on this late September morn,<br>
all the white flowers on the oleander tree<br>
turn east with ears straining<br>
for a word or wish;<br>
this is a time to write something down,<br>
while it’s fresh and new,<br>
with letters floating across the page<br>
in little wakes of silent wind<br>
to find the end in the beginning,<br>
to travel east to west.<br>
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30 Sep 11<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> At the cave chairs</span><br>
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Evening’s place (20)<br>
<br>
The arms of the old wooden chair<br>
left out since yesterday<br>
carry the damp night air<br>
to my arms that rest<br>
in its gentle curves—<br>
I am embraced<br>
by the evening <br>
that passed before<br>
and rested here,<br>
until I rose and came<br>
to take its place.<br>
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30 Sep 11<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> At the cave chairs</span><br>
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A morning sip (21)<br>
<br>
A butterfly is pumping nectar<br>
from the oleander that has brewed <br>
throughout the night—<br>
a morning tea perhaps,<br>
with a dash of honey<br>
to lift the spirits<br>
as it flits away.<br>
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30 Sep 11<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> At the cave chairs</span><br>
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A Child’s Table (22)<br>
<br>
I come to the children’s table,<br>
the name I’ve given the stone slab<br>
with the low benches,<br>
so that sitting with an open book<br>
upon its top,<br>
my chin is inches from my pen.<br>
And I wonder about the gardener<br>
who placed these moss-stained planks<br>
of gravel and cement—<br>
what was he remembering?<br>
did he have an extra child’s bench<br>
that needed a table home?<br>
Or was this an invitation<br>
to return to early years<br>
when a sense of play and wonder<br>
tumbled in the fresh cut grass,<br>
imagining a tractor tilling<br>
as it rode up and down<br>
the rise and fall<br>
of this verdant knoll<br>
that looks upon the lake below,<br>
toy boats leaving dazzling wakes<br>
in the late day sun,<br>
and if you make the sound<br>
of engines whirling<br>
with an avid brmmmm,<br>
they skip along the top<br>
of barely ripples<br>
and fly to ports in foreign lands.<br>
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1 Oct 11<br>
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Setting (23)<br>
<br>
I don’t think<br>
I will ever tire of setting suns—<br>
those little deaths<br>
that come upon the lake<br>
and splash with life<br>
as toddlers in the shallows;<br>
yea, they come with wings <br>
that lift and soar<br>
even in their ebbing—<br>
oh to live<br>
and like a light of burning amber<br>
go out behind the silhouettes <br>
of Alps<br>
and name<br>
upon the wind.<br>
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2 Oct 11<br>
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After Reading Collin's "Roses" for the Third Time (24)<br>
<br>
I go back <br>
to read the second stanza<br>
for the third time,<br>
wondering how it is<br>
that my mind wandered <br>
off the page again,<br>
and I have no idea what I just read,<br>
not even the last word.<br>
Where exactly in the poem<br>
was there a semaphore,<br>
clicked down<br>
to indicate the track change<br>
to the local rail<br>
where people are lining up<br>
on the platform<br>
anticipating the doors to open<br>
when they get on<br>
and I, again, get off.<br>
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4 Oct 11<br>
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To Chevrio (25)<br>
<br>
We have not gotten very far<br>
on the hike to Chevrio,<br>
the small mountain village<br>
with the trio of cell phone towers<br>
to which we're homed;<br>
and already I'm breathing hard,<br>
the relentless path of old stone stairs<br>
rising up to an elusive attic<br>
with antenna on the roof.<br>
At this early turn <br>
from the basement gravel,<br>
a spaniel behind a fence<br>
that's laced with morning glories<br>
in all their shocking blue<br>
is huffing out his notes<br>
of "you are here",<br>
while I curse the landing<br>
and grey stone floors<br>
above.<br>
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4 Oct 11<br>
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Serenity (26)<br>
<br>
Above the wishbone of this alpine lake<br>
when the wind is held<br>
like a breath before the dive,<br>
there is such a quiet<br>
that the mountains in their distance<br>
press upon you<br>
and hold you clenched<br>
within this openness--<br>
a single speed boat throttles up<br>
and races for Varenna,<br>
a hidden train slows for its station,<br>one bird twitters twice;<br>
then all are gone--<br>the sounds of sighs<br>
as I write this down<br>
are all my own.<br>
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4 Oct 11<br>
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Smoke (27)<br>
<br>
There is something burning<br>
beyond Pescallo<br>
near the awnings of the nursery;<br>
the white smoke hangs<br>
in the cypress and evergreens<br>
along the lake--<br>
this is the fabric <br>
of disrupting thought--<br>
that somewhere in the midst<br>
of a bucolic scene<br>
with all its peaceful knowns,<br>
there is a prophet<br>
setting fire to some assumptions,<br>
some thread that held the cloth<br>
together,<br>
now unraveling<br>
like leaves falling <br>
from the autumn oak.<br>
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5 Oct 11<br>
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Beauty (28)<br>
<br>
Two butterflies<br>
who meet by chance<br>
twirl as dancers<br>
who for years have practiced <br>
such a move,<br>
in mid-air<br>
without the ground<br>
as if they've done this<br>
all their fleeting lives.<br>
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5 Oct 11<br>
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Hydrofoil (29)<br>
<br>
Just yesterday<br>
a group of writers<br>
was lamenting the brevity<br>
of tweets,<br>
the stunted notes<br>
of modern<br>
"look at that" <br>
and "here I am."<br>
<br>
Today,<br>
skimming along the surface<br>
of the lake <br>
from Como to Tremezzo,<br>
I fall asleep<br>
<br>
and miss<br>
the cliffs and towns<br>
that anchor the mirror<br>
of this body<br>
which I'm told<br>
is the deepest<br>
part of Italy.<br>
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8 Oct 11<br>
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Confession (30)<br>
<br>
Of all the artwork<br>
in this Duomo<br>
at the edge<br>
of Alps and lakes,<br>
I take pictures<br>
of the ceiling,<br>
the inside of this dome<br>
that is an egg--<br>
something waiting to get out.<br>
<br>
Wandering from the altar<br>
through confessionals<br>
where pilgrims kneel<br>
and the purple drape<br>
is pulled aside,<br>
I see the priest<br>
nodding with each "si."<br>
<br>
Then I notice <br>
near the door<br>
the stars of gold<br>
between the arches<br>
holding up this heaven.<br>
Yes, I say,<br>
yes.<br>
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8 Oct 11<br>
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The Light Has Changed (31)<br>
<br>
Four weeks and we have traversed<br>
the heavens from summer to fall;<br>
today there is snow in the Alps,<br>
the lower crags and cliffs<br>
glow a cooler shade of white<br>
as the sun comes up<br>
and the shade of night<br>
falls into the lake.<br>
The light has changed<br>
and I think in shades of grey and white,<br>
the ash and manna<br>
flake upon the page<br>
and I brush them into words<br>
before they melt.<br>
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9 Oct 11<br>
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Last Sunday (32)<br>
<br>
After the sun<br>
went the way of every end<br>
and the moon hung high<br>
above the southern leg<br>
lounging toward Lecco,<br>
every ripple<br>
carries its knowing<br>
to fade off<br>
on the shore<br>
where dots of light<br>
call from distant lands—<br>
soon we will be there<br>
looking back.<br>
<br>
9 Oct 11<br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We met briefly after church one day and did what poets often do. We talked about our writing. He had a dry spell and I was writing poems on trains and buses, commuting to work in Geneva. He had just finished a long battle with the New York college where he teaches and was drained; I was looking for a change of jobs and the poetry was therapy. What would I call a book of poems written while commuting, images flying by the window, awaiting the station of noticing, where thoughts get on and off? "In transit" he said. Yes, that will do nicely, and we agreed that life was train and bus, inherently transitory. Poets can do that, speak in metaphors and cut to the heart. Here are the sheaf of poems --from October to October to October, as the leaves that fall from trees also remind us of the life that comes and goes-- that came to be, somewhere along the path from Nyon to Petit Saconnex, and back again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following is a working edition of a chapbook. The poems are dated as reminders to me about when they occurred. Expect changes as I edit. I welcome your comments. Please let me know which poems you feel are strongest, and which don't hold a candle to the rest (and need to be extinguished.) Send comments to fairfieldreview at hpmd dot com (with a wink to the SPAMers :) --egh, 20 Oct 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20-Oct-12 - First draft of poems written while commuting and traveling.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17-Aug-13 - Created a blogspot.com copy of the manuscript for easier reading and mobile support.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Favorites --the ones I am currently attached to-- are:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Journey </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lights left on </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things Seen Twice </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem iv </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Appointment </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passing through </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cold Frame </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer roll-out </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When to write a poem </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waiting for the train </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Periscope </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loss </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lyre </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New thoughts </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In Transit</span></b></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Journey<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6991346993172720310" name="Journey"></a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He asks,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how do you journey into a poem?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do you pack for summer or winter?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is there a sign-post or a map—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">perhaps a crossroad?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will we be counting steps </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or driving in the rain?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like how this billboard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">appears out of nowhere</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with its jingle of endings—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what's that about? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we've had to slow down here,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pull to the side of the page,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while all these other words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">go racing by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as he looks up at clouds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sticking to the fingers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of an ancient oak,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she kisses his cheek,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and says, come, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">take my hand. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22 Jan 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Autumn Sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Driving west on the Merritt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the late afternoon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the sun washes everything</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to silhouette,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the light dancing off</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bits of chrome</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and hatchback glass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a jeweler's torch;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if it were not for the patch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of trees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">between the Ridge Roads</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yielding the vision of the shaded,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would not see the burning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">maples waving me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to exit here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 Oct 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bus slices through</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the morning sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the houses and shops</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dice her hooded stare;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cars still asleep</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in their blue-lined places</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wait silently</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fresh from the evening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the frost on their windows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">glows silver </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">backlit from gold</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that passes here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29 Oct 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dusting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the first snow in the valley</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is a dusting,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an airbrush touch of winter,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a dab of alpine blanc;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">everything hums the same bar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a morning etude,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the rows of gamay vines</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are the strings,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the pines a row of trumpets,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">winter cabbage timpanis,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">willows winds,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even this silver frame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that rings the train window</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is my companion,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has caught a bit of the manna</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if to hold it up to my mouth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and whisper "eat"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26 Nov 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mums</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember his hands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reaching under the ball of roots,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">finger nails ringed with the loose loam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as he lifted the mellow mums</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the hole he dug months ago.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now with frost looming in the morning forecast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they need to be moved inside.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This void in the earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where once there were leafy stalks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reaching to the heavens</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">calls out to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This vessel of fertile ground</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where earthworms dangle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a few fallen leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">leave whispers in their wake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sings a song that tugs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the roots of me,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reminding me that just yesterday</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you boarded a plane for the east</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">toward where the sun sets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I rise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and ache to be with you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29 Nov 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Neige</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lights of the station</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are dodging through the flakes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shifted from an unseen baker</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">perhaps thinking of a baguette </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or boule...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For now we are the cold table</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and thoughts of a warm oven</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">giving rise to an aroma</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that would lift a soul</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">through any storm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are somewhere else,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">perhaps at the chocolatier</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about to drop a dollop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of semi sweet truffle…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am reminded</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have not yet eaten</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the train is late</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 Nov 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Riding</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Riding into an impressive sunset</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the western ear-lobes of the Alps </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cast in a yellow-pink glow,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">listening to the taps of a lingering sun,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Blanc tres blanc</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the sights of a lingering sun;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and all this day-after winter beauty</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is not as stunning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as it would be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if you were following </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the point of my finger,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I the capture of your eyes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the gush of wondering wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as we say together, "look!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Dec 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bamboo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At night </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the tall thin bamboo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sway in the stifling breeze,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">waving me back to my room</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where the cool breath of AC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fogging the glass </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">perched on the bridge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of my nose,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">taking me back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to a cold eve</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the other side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the world,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just nights ago</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when the bamboo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shivered stiffly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the blowing snow;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and it is ever a wonder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how something as simple</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as a gangly green stalk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">takes me back </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to somewhere else</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that I had forgotten</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or lost in the every-day,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that now stands out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and shakes me like </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an outstretched hand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 Dec 10 from KL</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A purple purse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She tells me of the purple purse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">passed one-to-one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the offertory,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">something singular</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">amidst familiar words—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but hearing this,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my mind wanders</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to silken altars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a hue that glistens</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even before</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I run my tongue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">across the pursed lips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and feel you arch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">up in a gothic rise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as you begin </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to sing the two-notes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that begin the sacred</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">journey that will ever</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">be a mystery.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 Dec 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White bridge in a park where we are guests</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"...our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee" --St. Augustine, Confessions, Book 1, Chap 1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the beauty of a foreign land</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a simple bridge of whitest cloud</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and an echo of a parasol above the two</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who have paused in their journey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to look down to waters that flow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from east to west;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am reminded that we</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are strangers here, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aching to be home</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even as we rest in a familiar bed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an arch above what passes by--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and as we watch and wait</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a new home comes to us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a belonging that can only be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the whitest gift,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and our ache becomes the greatest joy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12 Dec 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I go through the door</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and there above the fountain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">raining light from a window</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a star of a hundred crinkled eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">watches me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shrug my knapsack</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and fish for my gloves,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pushing back against the grey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">morning and melting snow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the music of the water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gurgles in the stone white basin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">under a trickle of sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here on my street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on my path</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at my door.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Dec 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem ii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sun slices</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the finger lake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a knife</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of burnished brass,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if to divide</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this from that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a fence</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or a closed mind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that does not</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">argue with itself,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a peace that is fleeting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and disturbed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by waves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that cut the calm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as a storm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or a dawning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reflections</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lights parade by quickly,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a window at a time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the left,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and slowly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the glass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the train door</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">arcing back;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so much depends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on where you look;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this lake-blue bag</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the reflection</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the strangers seat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">across the aisle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is so luminous</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it must be holding stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the Train to Genève</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vast tufts of fog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are lifting from the lake,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the morning sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">climbing over the Alps;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we hurtle through one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then another:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one town yawning in yellow,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the next squinting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the mist;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reading this morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a short bio of Doctorow,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wonder how the story</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will unfold,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the headlights of this</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">train lapping up the rails</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to Genève,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">facing the rear,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">back to the wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seeing what already</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has gone by,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">am full of hope.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music on the other side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two musicians are playing fervently</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the tram,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while I, standing on the platform,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">glass doors closed between us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hear no sound</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">save the whoosh of the cars </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">behind me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the idling engines</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of those stopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">across the way.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An old man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with sunken cheeks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stares emptily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the train-car,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oblivious to the music</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that wraps him</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as a swaddling cloth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Early Morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before the light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has spilled over the rooftops</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and through the frosted glass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the crows are at a beginning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or an ending--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it is hard to tell</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in this darkness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is passing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in this dawning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is knocking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">once more on the drum</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of my ear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a lamentation for the night,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a calling for the sun.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Occupied</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A news paper,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coffee,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pastry dunked,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">drawn cigarette,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">glowing phone—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each has hands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">occupied,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one after the other,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">waiting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the platform</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the morning train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 Jan 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Missed Train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Running across</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before the light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">permits,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bounding up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the stone stairs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whose doors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have just closed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">finger extended</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the point</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that flashed green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then went out,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the car</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lumbered slowly on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while I like a dock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">swayed behind .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Montreux</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We leave before lunch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">under a round blue sky,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jet trails</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">crossing it as etchings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a crystal salad bowl;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the trio of chimes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the regional to Brig</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">announce the stops:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gland, Morges, Lausanne--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then Montreux—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">down the steps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after steps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the Lake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after another</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">photo continues</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the poem</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passing by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The row of cars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next to Trembley Park</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are covered in frost,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each a shadow,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dark in the slice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of sun that wraps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">around them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the 3 bus, Geneva</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lights left on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone left the moon on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">last night;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we stood at the bedroom window</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and marveled at how bright</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">its fullness was,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the clouds from the snow squalls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lit up as linen under summer sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were its unwitting curtains;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but now having pulled aside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the kitchen drape</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before the coffee drips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">its morning melody,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">la lune stares</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the other side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of heaven</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I hear my father </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">say to turn it out before</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I leave the room.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Jan 11 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wind is whipping to the west</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the fury of a front marching through</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">without regard for who stands shivering</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in its wake;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were it not for the blatant blue sky</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and sun pulling itself up over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the clouds wrapped around the mountain,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we would think this was a winter storm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">standing with our backs to the gusts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we line up on the platform</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like crows upon the wire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">confused about why the trains</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are stalled upon the tracks below</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Waiting for the Nyon –Geneva train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clarity of Night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even the lesser stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are out tonight--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">those finer points</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that reveal themselves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the clarity of night--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"sleep on it"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my friend imparts,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it will be clear in the morning;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and "put a pad and pencil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next to the bed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so you won't forget,"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">having etched it </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a stroke of midnight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">clear upon the bleach-white page;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I'll stand out here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the cold buff of a January night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and hold my fingers still</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the ebony gloves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that keep me from finding</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the edge of the page.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commuting with Heaven in my Hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes the connections</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">run together,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the green light at the corner,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the train pulling in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I step onto the platform</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the bus waiting at its stop--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it flows as a current</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one into another and another</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I in my inner-tube</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of pen and paper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">take it in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as it comes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thankful for the rare moment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of startling grace</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Awakening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read that Merton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">died in the tub</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fixing the fan,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">electrocuted,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as an experiment gone bad</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or a sentence;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and yet doing the work</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of mystics,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">noting from where</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the window blows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and to where it goes;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the splash of water </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I imagine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when he fell</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into the final awakening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that stops us cold. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Jan 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"In 1968, at age 53, [Merton] died by electrocution when he attempted to adjust an electrical fan while stepping out of a shower. " --Dr. Mardy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things Seen Twice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An early day frost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on an early spring day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a tease,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a "not yet";</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the sun winks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">between still sleeping trees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">under a crisp blue sky,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fog puffing from my mouth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I walk briskly by,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">taps me on the cheek</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and says:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there are parallel universes:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this one in which I walk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the other </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I imagine walks with me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 Feb 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Schedule</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wall clock is learning to dance:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one-two, one-two;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the full moon trips through the low</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">clouds over the lake,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the walk-light hobbles off and on—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so much for the smooth passing of time;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel its constant stutter </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as a hur-r-r-ry up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is work to do</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and it’s not what's tugging</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at my finger tips. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 Feb 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Dose of Frost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frost on the railroad ties</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have a rhythm,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a dose of cold at a time;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I prefer those icy places</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in my life</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where upending is a step away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">interspersed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with wild greens--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a chilled salad, if you will;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a rain forest or two,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with lions and tigers and bears,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oh my!--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even if poking up through grey rocks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like crocuses on the hillside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not yet lime </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 Feb 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Waiting for the 8:50 train from Nyon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Listening to the news from trees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The chorus rises each day,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">new voices fresh from the south</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gather on still bare branches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and sing with an excitement</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not heard for a season,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">becoming the great comma</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in our melting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 Feb 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem iii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is snowing lightly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on this promenade</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of gray street lamps of threes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in front of shops not yet awake;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a few passersby</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wrapped in scarves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and woolen hats</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are not quite to where</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they are going;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the snow dissolves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before it touches the cobblestones</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that crunch under my steps,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the salt and sand lingering</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the last time;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think of these elements</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I arrive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the next hotel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I want you to know</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the door opened</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I reached for it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Mar 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Budapest, Hungary</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem iv</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Four days before the bell</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of spring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">light rain barely makes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">opening the umbrella</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">worth the extra hand; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wheel the luggage to the train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and climb the short steps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lugging and balancing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bag and backpack and the canvas gardener's bag</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you packed with lunch and snacks;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on any other winter day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this would be a grey and gloomy ride,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but there are things opening up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on every side,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and this field we just hurtled by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">glows with a fresh coat of green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if the artist were up all night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">broad brush in hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an endless bucket of verdant oils</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at his knees,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">highlighting with determined strokes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what I would otherwise miss. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 Mar 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the train to Zurich</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem v</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am traveling past the vineyards,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the pruned and twisted trunks still bare,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">belie the emerald grass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is out in front by days;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I remember walking with you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">along the gravel path among the rows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of sycamore trees, trimmed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the shoulders before the winter frost,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now at attention in wait for a sign</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that this yearning like a candelabra</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aches for the match;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it could be a day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a summer twice before</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when I would wake to the tiny light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hinting on my phone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I'd search as we did just yesterday</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the tips of green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">among the black and white</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of letters on the page.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27 Mar 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the way to the airport, Geneva</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Low White Clouds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They've gathered around the green mountain,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a wisp of a necklace,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like I remember near the western bay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in February</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when the rains broke</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the late light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">touched up the darker clouds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that had moved on,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I take all this in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from a train that lumbers east</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">past lime-leafed trees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and fields rowed with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">straggled vines of new antenna</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I wonder whether all this verdant</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">abundance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sees the traveler whisking by.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29 Apr 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Address book</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seated on the roundabout bench</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the tree shading the indoor perch,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an old man leafs through an address book</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a page at a time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if studying all the faces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">called up by the names and numbers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">written there--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some in blue, some black, some grey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with smudges where some digits</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were erased and the new penciled in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I am in the traffic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eddying around his island clump of stones,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">passing before his eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and behind his shoulders arced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over his hand that has paused. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 May 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Prayer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silent in the last seat on the train,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alone in a two by two, sits a priest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or pastor--we cannot tell;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and he is staring into nothing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a set and dour expression</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">devoid of joy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nary a whistle,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not even the motion of an eye.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps he is in prayer,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or pain;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we cannot tell,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">perhaps should not tell;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and yet </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how the large silver cross</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">around his neck</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">catches the light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dances on its chain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sings for a word.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 May 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Memory </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Digging deep into my pocket,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">searching for my memory stick,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I confirm what others have said:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is always more in my pockets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">than meets the eye;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it makes for delays at airport screenings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and fumbling for the key</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to unlock the door at night.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I touch each item </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the blindness of a new born mouse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">burrowing into the familiar,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">looking for the one sense </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that will bring the source I seek;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I do not find it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking out the wallet and the pocket knife</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I whittle down the options</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">until the silver curve of its hinge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and dangling broken chain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on my fingertips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bring the "aha" I've found you!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 May 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Appointment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The train drifts into the station;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it is painfully slow today,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the large iron wheels squeal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the brakes are applied</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by the careful engineer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the reflective sunglasses;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one by one the cars ease by,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">passengers in prayer to whatever befalls their laps;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it is not their stop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and on a day like any other day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I get on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and wait for the pull</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the large red engine,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the engineer's hand nudging the throttle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">forward.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26 May 11</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commuting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commuting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is about knowing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where to stand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This train slips into its place;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the doors to the empty car</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">open at the red mark on the platform</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and this car after its journey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stops at the stairway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the bus</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that waits for only seconds;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and if by chance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is a seat free</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the front of the #3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">getting off at the chosen stop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">allows crossing the street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before it pulls away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All these minutes string together</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">adding to a start of day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when the office staff</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">expect my walking through</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the door</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from one world to the next</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each day a little death,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[each day a new beginning.] ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Jun 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wheels</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I first see the old man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seated on the other side of the bus,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think he has a scooter,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">three wheels, folded up--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I imagine all the wheels-to-go</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in our travel through this galaxy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the many under this aging bus,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the bicycles I dodged</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">outside the station,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cars parked as wings along the avenue--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All rest on tires wrapped around a core;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the scooter twins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">race past our windowed doors,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the skateboards that have moments</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of sudden flight, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the wheels and cables that carry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the gondola aloft,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even the gray ones</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on this gents folded walker,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what stops me in my tracks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are the ones on the gears of the plane</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that will touch down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as you arrive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 Jun 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Sounds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The electric bus</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">moves with a whir and a whine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like the small mixer </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before it dips into the bowl of nuts;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at each stop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it sounds as if the plug was pulled.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the softer whoosh of the AC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">enters overhead;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the hills create another sound,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">something like a muffled two-tone siren</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and at the top, the air brakes exhale</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before it moves on--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all the time I am transported back,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and oh, how I long for you to stir--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the morning sounds,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with eyes still closed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reach out for a morning kiss.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 Jun 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Impatience</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a letter to a friend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I note how impatience has changed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the flapjack flip of the decades;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so impatient for success,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">independence, the finer things,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a kiss,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">buttons popping like corks,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">writing with possessed fury,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aching for inspiration.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am impatient with all the things</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that do not matter,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">endless meetings of recitation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the rows and columns</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of made up numbers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the little fears of making budget,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deadlines,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the performance review</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Give me passion,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">time to think,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">raucous conversation,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">vignettes of silence,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a sip of wine,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a phrase of touch,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the notice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the board that tells me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your plane has arrived.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 Jun 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are little lights</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the side of the hills</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rising from the lake,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and through the morning mist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they catch the sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and send it back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a calling:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“there are windows here”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 Jul 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tracks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there are small clumps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of dirt everywhere,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if horses clomped their shoes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the walkways</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at midnight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before retiring to the barn;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even the platform</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the station</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is spotted with telltale traces;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">somewhere</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is a field</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pocked with shoe-prints</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if a quarry;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after the concert</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rang its final note,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the caravan passed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this way,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and as prophets,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">left small tracks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of an earthy song.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Jul 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem vi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lone red engine sneaks through the station</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the far track,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before the express squeals</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">between us, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then another,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each in its own way telling me </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that distance is relative </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the breeze in its wake </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that turns my neck,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a soft pant of morning air</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if you were here </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the near side of the bed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and slowly roused,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we leave this station </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of sleep </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coupled at the lips. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 Aug 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Fog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heavy eyes in the morning sun squint, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the haze lay heavy in the lake, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coddled in the Jura and Saleve;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what is awakening is slow,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before the second cup of coffee,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the fog lifting,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shaken out,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rolled up </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if sleep can be shelved,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">clarity willed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">love called to your side </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">out of thin air,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">across oceans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and time itself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will sleep more tonight,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">more in its gift </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that comes rolling in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when it will. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 Aug 11</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passing through </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The announcement comes seconds before </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the Lausanne express </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rockets through the local station,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's red and white sleek skin </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blurs by with fleeting weight,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">its double-decker coaches </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">holding the morning passengers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">set on their ticket's destination--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we see none of them </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the blink of passage; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if there was a child at the window waving,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can only imagine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if she sees the blue in my eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 Aug 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer Storm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can feel it approaching,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the storm in the distance,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wind's breath picking up,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">articles tossed about,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the dimming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the lights, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the urgent whispers...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the accelerating of time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rushing over the cliff,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the drawn out moan </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">around the trees bending, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the drops of rain on the forehead,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the flash of light,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the rumble in the loins,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the coming of the deluge, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the steam rising from the streets.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22 Aug 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out of the Fog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lac Leman</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a cappuccino--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">its top </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a frothy milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if it's been poured</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from heaven</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and settled in between </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the Alps and the Jura</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">waiting for a sip of sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to dispel </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">its cloud </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of knowing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12 Oct 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out of the Fog ii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a grey morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the green express</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">races west along the lake--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this is the season</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when Mother Nature</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">takes down the comforters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">left on the upper shelf,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shakes them out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and covers the cooling waters--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember a pet hamster</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">under the sheet, a fleeting lump</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">searching for the edge of the bed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when it poked its nose out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into the morning sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just beginning to camber</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over the curtain--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my train pulls into the station</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a lump at the end of a journey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I imagine I will feel even</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when you come to open</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the door</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 Oct 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jostling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hurtling to Manhattan—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is no other word</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the roller coaster</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a New York yellow taxi—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no one yields;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a merge is a jostling,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">everyone in the funnel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a narrowing to the tunnel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what happens to time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when we start with the end</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in mind,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no opening up,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no yielding</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or running the roller coaster</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in slow motion in reverse,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an un-hurtling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that jostles the mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19 Oct 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On what saps my energy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 3 bus </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on a Monday morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can hear the sucking sound </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the milking machines</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before I arrive;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we learned in Gruyeres</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that the wildflowers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on which the cows feast daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">provide the distinctive flavor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the cheese,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that ageing concentrates and hardens;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yet the milk here has turned</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the cows have lost their way;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the floor is covered with a dozen hoses, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all sucking the air </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">out of the room.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24 Oct 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pull of fall</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The workers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the bright fluorescent green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and red jumpsuits</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are competing with the leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they rake over curbs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and walkways—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fallen and swept away,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the evidence of turning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fades as quickly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as a flick of the wrist,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a wave of the arm,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">leaves billowing to a pile</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">someone comes later</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to pick up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Oct 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What would have been</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eight open cars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a slow freight train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are pulled into Nyon station</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">filled to peaks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with sugar beets.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I take out my camera</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the morning train to Lausanne</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pulls in between us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and all the sweet promises</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that wait,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">slip away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Nov 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem vii </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the early fog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a tall legged crane </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with white rim glasses </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is standing on the balustrade </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">along the country road </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">watching the morning rush </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">without a turn or blink </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if we are fish swimming by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with eyes gleaming </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and he is coiled </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the wait .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 Nov 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pass by the chocolate shop </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on Grand Pre </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and wonder how long </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it can survive </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a world where cutting </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">appears to be the only creative act </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that's how Americans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now look at the world: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what can we do without,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if the editor in us </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chops words here and there </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">until only punctuation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">remains</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we ache among </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">these breadcrumbs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for meaning, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for hope </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22 Nov 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patisserie a la Gare</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She has reached the head of the line </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and now faced with the hundred morning choices </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the glass counter of this patisserie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she leans back and surveys the plenty,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">points and asks about this one </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and that;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what is simple </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">becomes complex,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rich with possibility</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"no" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she says,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I will take that one"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">instead.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Dec 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skimming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I skim through the book of poems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">looking for a line that catches the smooth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stone of my eye</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the water grabs the edge of a flat stone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">skiffing across the lake top</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">which I in a crouch have thrown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this is not what these learned minds have sought—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a reader on the shore</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a random wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">driving up a word</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a hungry fish</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">waiting for the flitting eye of a dragon fly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to pass low enough as pause </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it can be snatched to the belly of a poem</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and taken down to the depths</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where there is the digestion to a little death.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Jan 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nail in the Face</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He announces the trick</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to an audience</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who’s been laughing;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">holding an old oak-handle hammer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a ten-penny nail,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the kind carpenters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">drive into a row of two-by-fours</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before hoisting up the wall—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you have to give him his due</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as he tilts his head back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and bangs the nail </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into his right nostril.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I wonder where this idea </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rose up like a bubble in his head</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that he’s now likely burst,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as we look on gawking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with that kind of cringe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that says “why?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just before he takes his bow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 Feb 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Magic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"It is the star to every wandering bark" Shakespeare, Sonnet 116</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is a sower of wishes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a wand for a hoe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A star for its blade</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this air of magic,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something out of a Disney</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagination</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a bit of bippity. bobbity boo,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and pumpkins become something that transport,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like the soup she whisked out of found items in the fridge;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is such a creative act,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not in what she does</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As much as who she is becoming;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is a magic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never tire of tasting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 Feb 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For Shirley on Valentine’s Day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cold Frame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember the long planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of grayed wood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the old windows that lay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the weathered frame;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">those were the early boxes of spring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where seeds were sown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before the last frost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by my grandfather,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">long gone to his own frame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in this earth,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">walking the rows,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lifting the windows like a god,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">checking for the tinge of life,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">calling the dormant</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to rise again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 Feb 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wind chime</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wind chime wags</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's steely fingers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from somewhere above</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this narrow street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where I have turned</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to walk another path</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the bus that waits--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I am gathered in,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">feet planted,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">head tilted back,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eyes up the facade</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to where it shimmers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the morning light.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20 Feb 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the train, while pausing at Coppet Station</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The field has been stripped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of its eggshell bed sheets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by a sun that climbs over the alps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">earlier each week</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and now on the mattress of earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is a hint</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a raucous green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is always at the beginning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and yearned for ever since. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Feb 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beams</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He waves his hand above his head,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">breaks the beam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that opens the door</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and walks through.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out on the street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a troubled women</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a crumpled grey coat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">raises her hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and makes her plea en Français;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he does not understand,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shrugs;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she waves it off,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tries English;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He's heard the lines before.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's lost her ticket,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">needs help getting home,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Could you spare some change?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He reaches into his pocket,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">comes up empty,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">apologizes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is polite</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">waves goodbye;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the door whisks close.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Mar 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Tenor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Italian tenor past his prime</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stood next to the conductor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and with a wave of arm outstretched</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">strained to put</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the accumulation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of his weight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to push the tenor's note,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wiping the sweat from his face</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">between each measure</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a large white handkerchief</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">waving a truce with the years</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">once ago</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was a bamboo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of boy, cool and quick</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to wave with the wind;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now I am the man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who blots his face</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">arriving late for the morning train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and squints to see</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the conductor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coming down the aisle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 Apr 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem viii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winter wakes up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and realizes spring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has taken over the food bowl;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is howling with the wind;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one has his back up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with no letting go;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tulips bend and fold,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even the grass shrinks;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I refuse to wear a coat;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the ides of April</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is the story</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a hope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that ever rises.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 Apr 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem ix</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've started three poems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and none are finished,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each having a turn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on something seen,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that just passed by,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">having altered my path</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if just for another step.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and in each I wanted you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to see it with me,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to stop and gasp</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">another breath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to feel the warmth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or chill when something</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tickles a spot on the back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the neck or thigh.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in all there is an ache</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that reminds me of a vase</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that sits and speaks with me,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this vase that once held</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a freshness of daffodils;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this vase that is you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 Apr 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfinished Poem 1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This became two poems....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am reading about wimp verbs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while walking with progress</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">through the gate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and up the path</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to work;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it is spring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I should be idling,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">owl-ing my neck,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stature-ing with the horse chestnut trees,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">still lime green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with white stars of spores</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about to nova,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">catching passage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the sunlight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">politicking thru</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the limbs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shaking their fingers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at me </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like an old witch.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 Apr 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfinished Poem 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A wing of a bird</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">graces the gateway path,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">left behind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(I imagine)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by the large angora</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who lives under</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Annex II;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am stunned</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that this freedom, this flight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ripped from the very core</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of what makes a bird a bird,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has fallen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before my uprightness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of step after step,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I grieve.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 Apr 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfinished Poem 3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The spores are floating down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like jellyfish of the air</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this sea of spring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is rife with birth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">flexes its fingers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of white against the hues</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of green;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even the grey of the passing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cloud that unburdens itself</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has a wail of one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is coming into</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this world,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one for which we hope.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 Apr 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem x</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've started three poems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and none are finished,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each having a turn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on something seen,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that just passed by,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an has altered my path</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if just for another step.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And in each I wanted you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to see it with me,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to stop and gasp</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">another breath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to feel the warmth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or chill when something</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tickles a spot on the back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the neck or thigh.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And in all there is an ache</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that reminds me of a vase</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that sits and lies with me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this vase that once held</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a freshness of daffodils;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this vase that is you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 Apr 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washing your hair</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washing your hair</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a reading of history,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">much of it is familiar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at least in its qualities,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and occasionally there's a bump</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blemish and tender spot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that reminds us of something</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">encountered that didn't move</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as much as us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and if vigorously shaken</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the yolk inside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will separate and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we need to think hard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about what the connections</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were before we did this;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but in the rinse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a clarity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a smoothness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is refreshing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a fog of little sleep</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is a new awakening.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29 Apr 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have time by the tail</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and though I wring out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each wonder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that pulls me back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to what just was</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so I can see a second time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">still it pulls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and with heels dug in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pass the signs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that announce each destination</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if it was the last.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 May 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem xi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The trickle of eau potable</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">runs from a brass spout</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if there is no end;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is no "off",</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no tap;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like the Alps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that ever feed it,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it simply is.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and as I cup my hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to catch its fresh coolness--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in this wasteful foolishness,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a lover.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I imagine drinking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the tree of knowledge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 May 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the early morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">those who walk toward me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have the sun on their faces,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I study them--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a reflection;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some looking down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to this white granite pavement,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some looking up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">radiant and squinting,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and others looking straight ahead</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if through me;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">together, all have seen a burning bush</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cannot see;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I have seen each face</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if a mirror</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 May 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two sides of spring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The snow on the Jura</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">recedes like a hairline,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a rolling back to move</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on to a nascent season,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so unlike our human condition</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where hair is left behind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the reprise;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in some springs the snow lingers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there are cold days in May,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but there is always a summer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to put it to rest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to usher the wild things</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 May 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Idle Talents</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Copper pots hung</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the peg-board</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gleam in the morning sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like idle talents;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there will be no simmering</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in store windows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no trial mix of spices</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and tasting </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">until something new</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wafts from the cauldron;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ah, but they shine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and catch the passing eye. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 May 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer roll-out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer sneaks up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a old Chevy full-size</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on a slight hill</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whose parking brake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has been released</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and in neutral</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a idling driver</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">begins its drift backward</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just enough</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so its startled guide</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stomps on the pedal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for an abrupt "wait!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I’m not in gear yet!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the beaded sweat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the brow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after racing thru spring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has not yet begun its slow roll</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the chin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and loosened collar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26 Jun 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signature</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between the large</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pale glass smooth tiles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a washroom,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an author has left </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">his name on the sliver</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of grout that divides</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tile from tile,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if in the depth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a book spine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">holding page from page;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were it not for the date</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">appended neatly with its dashes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could have sworn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard someone whisper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"me".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 Jul 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When to write a poem</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the Regio Express</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">throttles through the farms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and vineyards thick</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with nascent clumps of fruit,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from vacation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the city</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each row of bush and tree</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bend;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even the corn,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anchored in its field</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lean with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the midsummer puffs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and point this way;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the return to what was vacated,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">feeling the weight of the body</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the breathing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">quicken</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just before the waking,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just before the alarm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 Jul 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">News</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the morning train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after the summer solstice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the sun slices the car in two</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I am blinded;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cup my hand around the phone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that has become my early paper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to create a fist of shade</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that makes the text appear;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I think that this</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is what the writer does,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dims the light a bit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so the news that washes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">past us like a river</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stands up in the current,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hands crooked around its eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">looking for us on the shore.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 Jul 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evening Poem</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is that point</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after the sun has set</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when the blue-grey glow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before the night rolls overs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">frames the rooftops </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and trees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the silhouettes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they are</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when we close our eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26 Jul 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the gardener</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The side of the hill </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the bus ambles by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">holds the fallen </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the tall grass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">left by a mower </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I imagine a gardener</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gripping with long arms,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">feet anchored in the rise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reaching out to the walk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">below and gathering it back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into him,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a breathing out and in,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the dull blades whirring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and whacking all that stands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">up, surrenders</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and dares.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the passer-by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is a silence,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the tall blades </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of grass gone brown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">laying intertwined,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">remembering.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Jul 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evening Poem ii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On our street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is a pub</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the corner,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the laughter rises,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wheels of the bags</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pulled from the Gare</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chatter on the cobblestone;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then there is the bend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the lane,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this narrowing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where all the sounds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are squeezed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wait patiently</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for that look</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that only comes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from stopping</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and angling the chin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">up as saint</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and sinner</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that makes every worry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a bit of pollen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">falling.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waiting for the train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People standing randomly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the platform</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hunched into papers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or phones, thumbs dancing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">backs to the approaching train;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">walking thru this forest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is not to see a single eye</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a sea of morning people,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no one speaking,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no one touching;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we are reluctant pilgrims</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the paycheck calls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evening-morning poem</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pause at the turn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">late in the new evening,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stare up waiting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the fleeting flash</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the burning dust</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the tail of an ancient comet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brushing the night with hints</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of its being,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the fingers thru my hair</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I tilt in hope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thankful that the night is clear.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the morning, I pass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the shock of sunflowers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the shadows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">against an old stone wall</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">angling their necks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so their faces find</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">their echo somewhere</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over the roofs;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it’s coming,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and they are expectant</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a star-gazer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the dark.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Periscope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is this lone sunflower</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just outside the shade</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a tree,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">turning so slowly,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the slog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of an August sun,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a periscope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the deck of a silent ship</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cruising below the grass,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a submarine crew of roots</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and captain earthworms?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you pause long enough</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can feel it move </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">beneath your toes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can see the waves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">approach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the ears of a cruiser cat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bob on the horizon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For Holly and Ingrid</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Awakening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The jackhammers begin early</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">silencing the morning doves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they stutter into concrete</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">walls to make a new way,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a portal that was not there before</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but now lets in the early sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that comes up over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the east roofs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">looking for an opening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two Frogs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two frogs floating</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the shallow pond</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jump</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the same piece of bread</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bump noses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and miss the morsel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that sinks to where</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gold fish start a feeding</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">frenzy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the frogs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">watch in disbelief.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For Holly and Ingrid</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem xii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cool mist peeks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">around the shower curtain,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jitters in the early sunlight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">radiating from the high window;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it will be another hot day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">late in August</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when hot days will</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and mornings shimmer;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the drops beam down </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from a sun-flower shower-head</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I swear there are wisps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of steam rising from my head.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evening Poem iii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the wall</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and through the trees,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the sound of angels</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">floats between the cars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">swimming toward home</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the waning sunlight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a late summer afternoon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only when passing thru</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the gate and looking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'cross the street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do I see the church,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">doors open,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">choir practicing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the language of redemption</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on this mid-week eve.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loss</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lost a pen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the train,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an umbrella,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a walking sticking,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">charcoal gray beret;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">somewhere gathered</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a loss bin I have not found yet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they keep each other company</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while I hurtle on the morning express</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">leaving bits of myself behind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that I hope to pick up again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the evening rush</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a dwindling assemblage </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that fills my backpack</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and pockets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that I cannot reach bottom</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with my hands.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning delay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The flip-board turns over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a yellow "plus tard"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we who huddle </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the rain </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">under black umbrellas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do the math</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and type the news</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with one hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into phones to those</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who wait</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as we do</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gaining idle time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for hope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">disappointment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and poetry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indecision</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stand up from my seat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the middle of the train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and look back and forth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the lines that have queued</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the doors are opened,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and they are the same size,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they move with the same slowness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the morning before the coffee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so like a squirrel on the roadway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lean left and right and left</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before the commitment,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the position</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the vote;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then leave this busy transport</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the moving stairs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and buses waiting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for their destinations</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Aug 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem xiii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The train is nearly empty today,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a scattering of commuters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who do not have a holiday;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">young and at a silicon valley start-up,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we joked about bankers hours,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bank holidays,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and working thru lunch;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we bragged about first to arrive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and last to leave--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">time had a redemptive taste;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but here in the bank capital </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the old world</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there are no bankers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">riding with us;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even embassies are closed;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the pride of youth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">replaced with a sigh of envy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 Sep 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lyre</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am captivated</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by the video of the lyre bird</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the rain forest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the sound of the chain saws</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he has reproduced;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this could be a poem</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about conservation,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">injustice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the threatened lyre,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but it is the sound </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of falling trees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the left </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and to the right</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that has me holding</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my breath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">feeling the heart jump</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">against its cage;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">being the last tree standing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whistling the warning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to those who stand behind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 Sep 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem xiv</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two white patches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">simple white folds of cotton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hidden inside the waist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of an old pair of jeans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hold a stitch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the palms of their hands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where frayed belts loops</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pulled from their seats</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have been re-anchored—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all this I notice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a blink</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while getting dressed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and through a life of days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">imagining your hands</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pulling the threads.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22 Sep 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New thoughts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes these wise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and jagged Alps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hold early clouds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the hollows </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of their palms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">new wisps of thought</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that the sun will soon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">burn away,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lift them </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into an obscure sky,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but for now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they edge across the rise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like thumb prints</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to be studied</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and given names</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of criminals</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26 Sep 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning fragment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our sunflower shower head</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has soft nibs of gray</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on a sky blue face,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">each streams the morning down.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Oct 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dream about forgetting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frozen before her high school locker,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the combination</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">having left for another day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">white numbers </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on a black dial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">march on with a turn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the wrist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this one tuning knob </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">standing between the one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who is always learning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and all the things </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that sit on hooks and shelves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from yesterday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 Oct 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Letters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am fascinated</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by the names we give</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to things that breathe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and hold their breath,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the little titles the bring them</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to us in a portrait frame,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a day dream,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">distraction positiva.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what to make of a man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of letters,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the groups of twos or threes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tagging along after a signature?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sometimes wonder if a poet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is an interior designer of letters,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">arranging the furniture </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of what we've sensed in the core of things;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but when I received your morning letter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the sights you saw from your window,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I read a continent away,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally understood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and knew my name. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 Oct 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Poem xv</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fog is a drop cloth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">east of the Puget Sound</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the silhouette of pines</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are dark and quilled,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not yet with their telltale green;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a sunrise is starting up the band</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of flight,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">casting a faint glow of pink</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">between the trees.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the early morning,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">something I often miss;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and all the aspirations of the day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are breathed in and out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with our own fogs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and shroud of hues</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about to focus on the canvas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 Oct 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Sheaf of Poems<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6991346993172720310" name="A%20Sheaf%20of%20Poems"></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He called it a sheaf of poems,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">naming the gathering</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that itself calls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into being</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as surely as voice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the darkness shouting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"let there be light!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This portfolio of bits</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is folded into the pocket</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before stepping</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the train;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and pulled out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">another morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when sighting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">something crying</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for a name.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20 Oct 12</span><br />
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Preface</h2>
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The morning is a ever a time for knowing. After the washing and the coffee, the rushing to the train, there is a quiet time, sitting and looking out the window as the world holds still. I often say that I am not a morning person; I am not clear or civil until after the second cup of coffee, after 10 o'clock. But I am often wrong. Those times before the speaking and the thought are clear are times unchecked. That is when the little insights come out to play. And so this chapbook of fifty or so poems came to be. Were it not for the train and the bus to Petit Saconnex, I wonder if I would write as much, listen as much, and be surprised as much.<br />
<br />
EGH<br />
July 2013<br />
<br />
Back to <a href="http://www.fairfieldreview.org/fairfield/fairrevw.nsf/lnk/chapbooks">Working Chapbooks</a><br />
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<h2>
Notes</h2>
<br />
The following is a working edition of a chapbook. The poems are dated as reminders to me about when they occurred. Expect changes as I edit. I welcome your comments. Please let me know which poems you feel are strongest, and which need to be retired. Send comments to fairfieldreview at hpmd dot com (with a wink to the SPAMers :) --Egh, 3 Aug 2013<br />
<br />
3-Aug-13 - First draft of poems written in the morning and other waking moments.<br />
5-Aug-13 - Created a blogspot.com copy of the manuscript for easier reading and mobile support.<br />
<br />
The poems I am currently attached to are:<br />
<br />
<br />
<ol>
<li>Adages</li>
<li>Crosswords</li>
<li>When you are old</li>
<li>Stand By Me</li>
<li>Old man at the station</li>
<li>News</li>
<li>Morning Poem xii</li>
<li>Morning Poem xv</li>
<li>Morning Poem xxiv</li>
<li>Sounds that come and go</li>
<li>Poem to myself</li>
<li>Sunday Poem</li>
<li>Acupuncture</li>
<li>Nap After Lunch</li>
<li>Sonnet Undone</li>
<li>Why I believe in second chances</li>
<li>A song to sing at evening's edge</li>
</ol>
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<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Old and New</b></span></h2>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Epiphany<br />
<br />
Another grey morning<br />
and my stop is next;<br />
the bus shutters and creaks<br />
through its turns.<br />
On my street there are remnants<br />
of Christmas trees,<br />
tips of balsam where<br />
dry branches brushed up<br />
against the doorways<br />
thru which they were pulled<br />
and popped their treasure.<br />
I am told Epiphany is the time<br />
for taking down the glitter,<br />
extinguishing the lights<br />
in the midst of seeing new;<br />
yet today there is no sun<br />
no shocking blue<br />
no shadows on the walk.<br />
Today I know nothing.<br />
<br />
9 Jan 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
It is grey and cold and still<br />
all the children tucked<br />
warmly in their homes,<br />
I imagine<br />
phones and video games chirping.<br />
somewhere beyond<br />
all the silence<br />
life is stirring,<br />
ever stretching toward its spring;<br />
but for now<br />
these tall tulips and oaks<br />
hold on to frozen earth<br />
and the messages run slow<br />
within their veins;<br />
so slow they seem to stop;<br />
unplugged<br />
I stand looking up<br />
into their crowns.<br />
<br />
1 Jan 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
On a Taipei Street at Hongshulin<br />
<br />
They line up at the white marker<br />
drawn across the pavement,<br />
a barrier, a dam holding back<br />
a flood of motorbikes about to rain<br />
across this striped walkway<br />
where I hurry with wheeled bag in tow<br />
the walk-digits wind down<br />
as the animated green figure<br />
picks up speed.<br />
And I wonder<br />
between the yesterdays and tomorrows,<br />
new ideas and old,<br />
in the box and out,<br />
how many crossings<br />
are bounded by these barriers<br />
that seem to fall<br />
in the blink of a changing light.<br />
<br />
22 Jan 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Signs<br />
<br />
In a land of a thousand signs<br />
with their arrows and flashing lights<br />
none point the way for the traveler,<br />
the continents do not speak;<br />
were it not for the translator,<br />
I would be lost;<br />
such are the paths of the foreigner<br />
and the God that calls my name.<br />
<br />
25 Jan 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Adages<br />
Matthew 9:10-17<br />
<br />
The reading is familiar:<br />
old coats and old wine skins,<br />
feasting with sinners<br />
instead of fasting with saints;<br />
I am reminded how sometimes the metaphor<br />
doesn't work; we put the new wine<br />
in old oak barrels and it's better wine.<br />
<br />
I tore my old leather jacket<br />
in my haste to zip it up<br />
and catch the departing plane;<br />
it ripped neatly along the zipper seam;<br />
such a familiar coat,<br />
I did not want to admit it no longer fit,<br />
not wanting to accept that<br />
sometimes a new coat is needed to mend a new tear.<br />
<br />
The article said the first responders<br />
will never forget the image<br />
of children strewn across the floor<br />
of a peaceful classroom;<br />
we try to imagine and we cannot;<br />
our anger quick to change something,<br />
anything;<br />
the old arguments come quickly<br />
and appeals to tradition abound;<br />
sometimes old skins burst<br />
old coats tear<br />
and we are out in the cold places<br />
of having to change,<br />
of hungering to change;<br />
<br />
And in the great reversal of this old story,<br />
we feast with the new ideas of sinners,<br />
we fast with the old ideas of saints.<br />
<br />
4 Feb 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Reflection for the St. Francis Lenten book</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Crosswords<br />
<br />
Sitting in an aisle seat<br />
here among the rows<br />
and columns<br />
of the modern plane,<br />
I take up the puzzle<br />
barely begun by the last<br />
passenger<br />
who I will never meet.<br />
I imagine a young woman,<br />
perhaps a student,<br />
with a neat hand and petit r’s<br />
that look like graceful birds<br />
turning in flight.<br />
She knows the French verb<br />
and valuable fur,<br />
but mistakes<br />
the bird for roasting,<br />
the flower,<br />
and synonyms<br />
for valiant<br />
and final—<br />
I am itching to take out my pen<br />
and show her the way,<br />
but I<br />
<br />
stop<br />
and think about how<br />
we leave clues for each other,<br />
how we want to be solved,<br />
completed,<br />
to feel the sure pen<br />
of another hand writing,<br />
trying letters, leaving words<br />
as helixes,<br />
little epiphanies<br />
up and down our lives.<br />
<br />
As this hulk of hurtling<br />
titanium turns, polished in the sky<br />
I close the magazine<br />
and write down this poem<br />
before we land,<br />
folding the once white sheet<br />
up and down between my fingers<br />
and placing it in the seat pocket<br />
for the next traveler<br />
to take up<br />
these intersections of language,<br />
and their little epiphanies<br />
that cause the reader to stop<br />
whenever they meet<br />
because these two words belong,<br />
and no others will do<br />
hanging out on a crossword<br />
of the day in hand.<br />
<br />
28 Aug 97<br />
25 Jul 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Icebergs<br />
<br />
Sometimes<br />
poetry is about<br />
carving icebergs,<br />
having the mass<br />
of mystery<br />
become<br />
a cube that breaks<br />
the surface<br />
of the dark<br />
water,<br />
enough to shine<br />
brightly<br />
in the moonlight,<br />
and with the ocean,<br />
rent.<br />
this revelation<br />
bobs in the hole<br />
startled with epiphany.<br />
<br />
24 Dec 95<br />
3 Aug 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Paths<br />
<br />
Palm trees<br />
click their tongues<br />
in the slow early<br />
morning wind,<br />
the air tripping<br />
over their lips<br />
as a stutter<br />
of a metaphor<br />
to the dawn.<br />
Near the end<br />
of my brisk<br />
walk,<br />
after<br />
a night tossed<br />
upon accusatory<br />
dreams<br />
running speechless,<br />
the rhythm of<br />
my breathing<br />
settles into<br />
the pattern<br />
of endorphins<br />
dancing on the<br />
strained synapse<br />
with euphoria<br />
as a sedative,<br />
I follow<br />
unknown<br />
paved paths<br />
in a strange<br />
town<br />
somewhere<br />
near the<br />
coast,<br />
following<br />
the thread of<br />
this poem as<br />
it dances up<br />
in bits<br />
and clicks<br />
in the wind<br />
of the feel<br />
of the muse,<br />
I come upon<br />
Avanti Circle<br />
that catches<br />
my breath<br />
and breaks<br />
my stride<br />
with the<br />
here-it-is<br />
nature<br />
of<br />
epiphany,<br />
where once<br />
again<br />
you come<br />
to meet me.<br />
<br />
9 Mar 97<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PSL, FL</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
At the Reading<br />
<br />
The retiring man<br />
speaks about Charlie Parker,<br />
in a rhythmic meter<br />
of jazz—<br />
such strength and clarity<br />
in the al-pha-be-tic<br />
notes.<br />
<br />
The archeologist gestures<br />
through a sugar plantation,<br />
unearthing images,<br />
cataloging epiphanies<br />
of fireflies<br />
<br />
The romantic sings<br />
about cats,<br />
with the familiar rhyme<br />
of hymns,<br />
though more playful<br />
and unpredictable.<br />
<br />
The young businessman<br />
has the telltale shake<br />
in the wrist<br />
as he reads for the first time—<br />
with each line<br />
an article of clothing falls<br />
until all he is<br />
stands naked in a pile<br />
of everyday cover-ups.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
8 Aug 03<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Epiphany on a Treadmill<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">“But as to the sudden stopping, looking up, and tense attention characteristic of the people of the Bible, our wonder will not be so lightly dismissed.” –Karl Barth</span><br />
<br />
At the end<br />
of a brisk walk<br />
up imaginary hills,<br />
through the window<br />
I see a couple<br />
at their car<br />
below.<br />
She points up<br />
across the way<br />
out of my vision<br />
obviously amazed.<br />
He gestures<br />
across the car<br />
to her—<br />
the known gossips<br />
of the YMCA<br />
in apparent<br />
passionate debate<br />
about the heavens.<br />
I stoop<br />
to see what it is,<br />
but cannot.<br />
Later,<br />
two of the matriarchs<br />
in the stretching room<br />
are talking about the store<br />
and truck<br />
across the street—<br />
Restoration Hardware<br />
closing.<br />
<br />
30 Jul 03<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Little Epiphanies<br />
<br />
Clouds part,<br />
lightening arcs,<br />
thunder shakes<br />
down in the toes—<br />
grounded here<br />
senses burn,<br />
smoke curls<br />
from the white<br />
heat of knowing.<br />
<br />
19 May 97<br />
3 Aug 13<br />
<br />
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<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Saints and Sinners</span></h2>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Joe<br />
<br />
He tells us of the operation<br />
that reattached a retina<br />
from where it had unplugged<br />
at the back of his eye;<br />
there were tiny flashes<br />
of light at the edges,<br />
along the periphery<br />
of what we think is straight sight.<br />
two years of this narrowest of beacons<br />
sirening without the pain<br />
or directness of a sound;<br />
and then all went grey,<br />
the light dimming<br />
as if the power slowly drained<br />
from this sharpest of eyes.<br />
he gained some of it back<br />
from the skilled hand of the surgeon,<br />
but now the architect<br />
of straight lines<br />
cannot tell if the finish of the molding<br />
lines up flush with its mitered turns;<br />
precision slips from his grasp<br />
and the creative mind<br />
tells its lucid stories.<br />
<br />
1 Jan 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Queen<br />
<br />
She sits on her mother's lap<br />
as if on a throne<br />
from which she dispenses<br />
her waterfall of why's<br />
with finger pointed here and there<br />
across all her subjects,<br />
leaning into her source of names<br />
that are whispered in her ear--<br />
ah, here is a big window<br />
and outside a world still<br />
unwrapping itself,<br />
still in the throes<br />
of being born.<br />
<br />
8 Feb 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
When you are old<br />
<br />
The appointed poem<br />
for today's almanac<br />
is this one by Mr. Yeats.<br />
I write "Mr.", because he is older,<br />
even gone<br />
and I pay my respects.<br />
yesterday the usher at the morning<br />
service handed me the bulletin<br />
with a gentle aside,<br />
"here you go old feller."<br />
there was no disrespect,<br />
no shadows<br />
on this book,<br />
just a good natured greeting.<br />
here just four days after ashes,<br />
I am feeling the dust on my shoes<br />
and the weight of my coat.<br />
<br />
18 Feb 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Stand By Me<br />
<br />
In the cold of an early<br />
ground hog morning<br />
a street musician<br />
plays out his heart<br />
in the station tunnel<br />
where the acoustics<br />
are forgiving,<br />
thumping his foot<br />
swinging his bearded chin<br />
strumming the long strokes<br />
of an impatient guitar<br />
in the long shadows;<br />
he wails the<br />
chorus of "stand by me"<br />
as a hundred commuters<br />
rushing for their train<br />
fly by,<br />
his words ringing<br />
in their ears<br />
<br />
20 Feb 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The Traveler<br />
<br />
She sits in a long black coat<br />
brown fur collar<br />
deep-set brown eyes<br />
short dark brown hair<br />
and a scowl, muttering to herself,<br />
a large drab gray bag<br />
with leather handles<br />
perched on her lap<br />
that she grips with both gloved hands;<br />
were it not for the twelve<br />
red tulips like apostles<br />
looking to the heavens<br />
from the corner of her bag<br />
I would swear that we were cursed<br />
and this day not to be remembered<br />
<br />
5 Mar 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">On the train from Nyon</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Old man at the station<br />
<br />
He stands at the end of the platform<br />
staring at the lumbering freight train<br />
passing on track three<br />
his back arced with years<br />
nose leading his head<br />
as if he is leaning into the future<br />
able to see over the wall<br />
of tomorrows<br />
and smell the cargo<br />
that has already left the station.<br />
<br />
7 Mar 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
News<br />
<br />
He sat,<br />
curved into himself,<br />
chin to his chest,<br />
white hair already wandering<br />
into the night,<br />
the lettered train<br />
reciting thru its alphabet,<br />
as the newspaper rose<br />
and fell with the faint snore<br />
that began on page three;<br />
all that was told here<br />
tents over his well-fed belly<br />
sated on the story<br />
between the stops;<br />
imagine his surprise<br />
as the train flips into<br />
the next station<br />
with a name he doesn't know,<br />
beyond where he always<br />
stepped off to the dinner<br />
that used to wait.<br />
<br />
1 Jun 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">From the train to Lausanne, weeks ago...</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Recycling<br />
<br />
An old man with a short-chopped beard<br />
and a baseball cap<br />
stands looking in a dumpster<br />
near the pharmacy<br />
holding on to a shopping cart<br />
filled with mostly plastic bottles;<br />
he pulls one from the discarded<br />
and adds it to his brimming pile.<br />
I walk up with my box of trash<br />
from the car,<br />
and simply ask "plastic?"<br />
"Yes," he says<br />
so I hand him my empties.<br />
He looks at me startled,<br />
as if I’d given him a pricey gift;<br />
"thank you", he says,<br />
"god bless you"<br />
with a sincerity that graces me<br />
to my bones;<br />
we both turn--<br />
he pushes his cart briskly<br />
to the side of the next store<br />
and I walk slowly humbled<br />
to my car.<br />
<br />
18 May 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">In Eagle Rock, CA</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
A Teaching Moment<br />
<br />
Leaving the Chinese Garden,<br />
a young American family<br />
is walking toward the garden,<br />
with a stroller<br />
and a three year-old leading the way.<br />
"Which way should we go?" his mother asks,<br />
nodding to the fork in path.<br />
"You're the leader, you are suppose to tell us."<br />
The young boy stops looking totally bewildered<br />
and says "fuck!" ...<br />
"Sorry about that," his Dad says to me<br />
in all seriousness.<br />
I nod to the divide of the way<br />
with a smile and laugh.<br />
<br />
20 May 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">In Huntington Library Gardens, LA</span><br />
<br />
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<h2>
Morning Poems</h2>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem iii<br />
<br />
We are living<br />
inside the egg of winter,<br />
the curve of grey<br />
a canopy shell,<br />
the mother sun<br />
freezing her butt off,<br />
patiently waiting.<br />
I can hear the chatter<br />
of a toddler<br />
behind me,<br />
the high song<br />
of innocence<br />
gently shaking the walls<br />
of the bus<br />
her father providing<br />
the occasional comma<br />
and question mark.<br />
we know how this story ends.<br />
the bus will stop<br />
and I will get off<br />
into my spring<br />
while she hurtles<br />
into hers.<br />
<br />
11 Jan 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem vi<br />
<br />
This morning the whole town<br />
decides to commute,<br />
shoulder to shoulder,<br />
hip to hip,<br />
we crowd into the aisles<br />
and the accordion<br />
of a passage between<br />
the train<br />
plays us with teases<br />
of cool winter air;<br />
the line piles into<br />
the first class cabin<br />
where those who paid<br />
a higher fare<br />
sit in indifference;<br />
there are seats,<br />
the conductor says<br />
motioning to the front;<br />
yet as far as the eye can see<br />
like a dead poem<br />
no one has been moved.<br />
<br />
16 Jan 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem vii<br />
<br />
On a bitter cold day<br />
on a playground crusted<br />
with snow and ice<br />
the young travelers<br />
ascend to the deck<br />
of an imaginary ship<br />
and the first takes<br />
the red wheel in her mittened hands<br />
and turns sharply to the right;<br />
all of this unfolds in the second<br />
my bus veers left and ascends<br />
the hill to my stop;<br />
a framed story in the window<br />
and the little voice<br />
inside me says,<br />
remember this<br />
and write it down.<br />
<br />
17 Jan 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem viii<br />
<br />
The bus lumbers<br />
up the snow packed street<br />
the macadam long since buried,<br />
the tires spin and grab<br />
as if surprised,<br />
the hill snickers and turns<br />
its shoulder,<br />
you may pass here<br />
you may not pass here.<br />
men in neon yellow coats<br />
stand with shovels and watch,<br />
where to dig first<br />
always a mystery;<br />
the turn is slow and waiting,<br />
the rear cab takes its time<br />
to catch up<br />
and still the snow falls<br />
without a care<br />
gifting all who stand with mopeds<br />
and parked cars<br />
brushing away all that hides<br />
with a question:<br />
will we ever catch up?<br />
<br />
11 Feb 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem ix<br />
<br />
She hands me a bookmark,<br />
a woven thread of knots and beads<br />
to place in this book I hold<br />
open like a prayer.<br />
That this is Sunday<br />
in a church on Rue Montheux<br />
and this a worn hymnal<br />
pulled from the back<br />
of a dark-stained pew<br />
is incidental<br />
and is everything.<br />
<br />
25 Feb 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem xii<br />
<br />
The young women of Nyon<br />
wear their cigarettes<br />
like earrings of the fingers,<br />
delicate as the toe that touches<br />
the ground in front<br />
of a slightly bent knee<br />
in that model's pose<br />
that says I’m here<br />
and I’m not here;<br />
at times they bend their elbow<br />
in a graceful arc<br />
and kiss the end of the filter<br />
with red lips.<br />
<br />
13 Mar 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem xiv<br />
<br />
Ukulele strumming the morning air<br />
rising up to the bench where commuters<br />
wait<br />
paper coffee cups and smart phones in their hands;<br />
the street artists stir with daffodils each year<br />
we rise to the train whose doors whoosh open<br />
and walk through;<br />
spring is late to Nyon this year,<br />
but it comes,<br />
it comes.<br />
<br />
23 Apr 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem xv<br />
<br />
I see the reflection of my hand<br />
in the chrome mirror of the spigot<br />
that bends over the sink<br />
releasing all that is pent up,<br />
all that waits for the turn of hand;<br />
today I was a molecule in the flood<br />
that pours from the morning train<br />
narrowing to the stairway<br />
that drains down to lower depths<br />
that this earth pulls us all;<br />
it is a waiting that suddenly hurries,<br />
like mornings at the Gare,<br />
like all beginnings.<br />
<br />
23 Apr 13<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Morning Poem xvi<br />
<br />
Whisking thru the English<br />
countryside in spring<br />
the train to Cambridge<br />
noted by the patches<br />
of early greens and<br />
rows of houses old and worn<br />
then fields still with stripes<br />
of brown earth,<br />
an old man walking after<br />
his dog who romps ahead<br />
a few plow horses<br />
tails in a slow swish<br />
as we go by,<br />
and you are searching skies<br />
for windows of blue<br />
and sun<br />
there clouds with grey bottoms<br />
scrunching toward the distance.<br />
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26 Apr 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">On the train from London</span><br />
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Morning Poem xvii<br />
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Where last night<br />
there was no one walking<br />
these village streets,<br />
now the morning sun<br />
has squeezed the many<br />
from their silent beds,<br />
turned them out to a day<br />
so buffed, it gleams of spring;<br />
where street musicians begin early,<br />
the violin and bass here,<br />
the accordion there--<br />
each just beyond the hearing<br />
of the other.<br />
what they play, we know:<br />
so much of life is just beyond<br />
the sleeping silences of streets<br />
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8 May 13<br />
In Nyon<br />
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Morning Poem xviii<br />
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It is too perfect a day<br />
to be troubled,<br />
there are no clouds<br />
the blue so clear<br />
there is nothing<br />
that cannot be seen;<br />
but within, the grays swirl<br />
the fogs descend<br />
the sounds of thunder startle<br />
the winds deafen;<br />
all that threaten to lose<br />
one's way<br />
rises up,<br />
threatens <br />
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8 May 13<br />
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Morning Poem xxi<br />
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The young execs<br />
do not walk down steps<br />
they ski on the edge<br />
of step and riser<br />
as if dancers on the peaks of roofs<br />
in a musical with Andrews and Van Dyke;<br />
they are on top of world<br />
and work is just a short slalom away;<br />
I watch each step and hold the rail<br />
careful as I count the years.<br />
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29 May 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">At Gare Cornavin</span><br />
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Morning Poem xxii<br />
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On the express train<br />
neighborhoods and forests<br />
whisk by like a clearing broom,<br />
the dust rolls;<br />
ah, sweet destination awaits<br />
on truest rails,<br />
then in strobe-like lightening<br />
a train hurtles by<br />
back to disorienting origins,<br />
and in a blink, steel softens<br />
there is a wobble in the wheels<br />
a whistle blows<br />
brakes as heavy as cinder blocks<br />
drag the inevitable down<br />
into the possible,<br />
...the other way.<br />
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18 Jun 13<br />
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Morning Poem xxiv<br />
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It is one of those Swiss days<br />
when the sky has been washed<br />
by yesterday's storm<br />
and all the violence has faded<br />
to a blue so clean<br />
with peaceful tufts of clouds<br />
about the Jura<br />
you would think serenity<br />
was not a gift.<br />
But you would be mistaken.<br />
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21 Jun 13<br />
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Morning Poem xxv<br />
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On this path<br />
the morning doves glide<br />
through the tall junipers<br />
in arcs as if on a gentle slalom<br />
and the sky a sea of blue snow;<br />
that it is the first of summer<br />
is no mind to the evergreen,<br />
but to these two<br />
who have finished<br />
the work of spring<br />
there is rest<br />
on a bough beneath the ever<br />
green of heaven<br />
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22 Jun 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">In Lyon, walking in the park with Flavian and Elise</span><br />
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Listening to the Requiem</h2>
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Apres Midi Poem<br />
<br />
Blackbird harking about his branch<br />
to the pigeons who scatter<br />
in his wake;<br />
he leans into his role,<br />
tail up, head down--<br />
"I am talking to you!"<br />
he caws.<br />
pigeons strut securely<br />
on the ground<br />
having left their balcony seats<br />
in the theater of pines;<br />
blackbird not noticing the audience<br />
had left,<br />
the door of crisp winter air<br />
swinging.<br />
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14 Jan 13<br />
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Running shoes<br />
<br />
In the mega-store<br />
with its long aisles<br />
and stacks of boxes<br />
it seems as if variety is endless;<br />
I try on thirty pair of running shoes.<br />
"don't look for the color" she says,<br />
go for the feel--<br />
for a visual learner, this is a stretch.<br />
for sore feet, it is a soothing word:<br />
feel.<br />
there was a time I ran the corporate challenge<br />
in central park,<br />
pacing myself, and watching the clock;<br />
and there was the time<br />
I would race up the side path<br />
to the Appalachian trail,<br />
crisp hemlock air whistling<br />
through my lungs--<br />
getting back for dinner<br />
was the only stop;<br />
but now I favor older feet<br />
and the pace has slowed<br />
enough that stopping<br />
to look up at almost anything<br />
is a welcome friend;<br />
"move" is the imperative<br />
from our health advisers at the office<br />
and in the magazines--<br />
move!<br />
yet stopping at a frost-like juncture,<br />
near some snowy wood<br />
with my neon running shoes<br />
gleaming in the fading light<br />
I am comforted;<br />
my feet sigh with these older<br />
tree tops weighed with winter white,<br />
yearning for their spring.<br />
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23 Feb 13<br />
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<br />
Sounds that come and go<br />
<br />
There is a museum of endangered sounds,<br />
all the clicks and taps of machines<br />
that have come and gone<br />
a rotary phone<br />
typewriter<br />
telex<br />
a dial-up modem connecting--<br />
my grandchildren do not know them;<br />
and I wonder what sounds<br />
my grandfather remembered,<br />
a hiss of steam from a locomotive,<br />
the single blade of a plow knifing through the soil,<br />
the whistling of a bomb dropping from its bay,<br />
I cannot remember the sound of his voice<br />
just a harrumph when he shrugged his shoulders<br />
like a god,<br />
the great, silent one.<br />
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1 Mar 13<br />
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Evening Poem<br />
<br />
As the light of dusk drains<br />
from a late winter night<br />
the crows come<br />
circling in groups of dozens<br />
they check out barren tree tops<br />
and an idle crane<br />
high above this main street<br />
where commuters trudge<br />
to homes after long days<br />
at the end of the train line<br />
that runs through this wayside town;<br />
the crows remind me,<br />
that this is not the story,<br />
calling to each other<br />
again and again<br />
as if saying: this is familiar ground;<br />
if we look at the arc of the sky,<br />
we have been here before.<br />
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13 Mar 13<br />
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<br />
Harbingers<br />
<br />
They’re like little flames,<br />
pilot lights at the end<br />
of thin twigs long bare<br />
as trees are wont to do<br />
on occasion;<br />
perhaps this is all life is,<br />
a spark that catches<br />
on a hint of blue-green essence<br />
and before you realize<br />
something has changed<br />
there are blossoms flaming<br />
in great tufts of horizons.<br />
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4 Apr 13<br />
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Flat rocks<br />
<br />
We are walking on the flat rocks<br />
of a gurgling stream<br />
cascading down the broken<br />
sheets of shale and slate;<br />
the youngest finds a small fossil bone<br />
then the oldest sees what looks like coral<br />
this wonder that pursues remnants of the past<br />
as if they are new births of discovery;<br />
today my daughter and hers<br />
baked an old German peach kuchen,<br />
that arose from a conversation I had forgotten<br />
"what cakes did you mother make?<br />
which were your favorites?"<br />
the history of tastes called up a morsel at a time;<br />
this was an early birthday<br />
and the thread that ran from mother<br />
to partner to daughter<br />
pulled taut for a moment where the flat rocks yielded<br />
to the stream that ran over fossils<br />
and found its earth about our toes<br />
and hearts.<br />
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8 Apr 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">With the girls in Ohio</span><br />
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Afternoon Poem<br />
<br />
Crossing the Potomac<br />
the new growth of spring trees<br />
vying as children for attention;<br />
lime green leaves, red tulips,<br />
lavender and pink-white buds unfold,<br />
even the scullers and kayakers rowing in the river sport colorful vests,<br />
news of the ballgame on the radio<br />
a warm breeze wafting into the car<br />
and all this life calls out like a church bell at the appointed hour:<br />
come home,<br />
come home<br />
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13 Apr 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Heading home from DC</span><br />
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Poem to myself<br />
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Though all may question<br />
and some turn away,<br />
if accusation and uncertainty<br />
come dressed as twins,<br />
if friends and colleagues<br />
do not understand,<br />
what is left?<br />
It is the beacon of the heart,<br />
what you know in your soul<br />
is true;<br />
do not lose sight,<br />
even when you close your eyes<br />
to rest.<br />
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8 May 13<br />
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Birthday Morning Poem<br />
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Today we are in the cookie jar,<br />
the silver lid of clouds<br />
fits tightly over the valley lake,<br />
the bird-songs softer;<br />
somewhere there is the sun<br />
of hands that toss<br />
the seeds and crumbs<br />
for the sparrows,<br />
somewhere there is the day I eat<br />
and sate my feet<br />
that walk a common path<br />
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11 May 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My 61st</span><br />
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Shorts<br />
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On the Venice Boardwalk<br />
as far as I can see<br />
shorts!<br />
a parade<br />
a triumph of less is more<br />
shorts!<br />
nothing shouts more<br />
that winter’s gone<br />
shorts!<br />
sun and warmth<br />
and endless legs<br />
shorts!<br />
as far as I can see.<br />
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18 May 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Venice Beach, LA</span><br />
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<br />
Remember This<br />
<br />
While you are waiting<br />
For your name to be called<br />
Standing in the sun with your cap and gown<br />
<br />
I remember this<br />
Of all the events that came,<br />
this is one of the big ones.<br />
In a handful of years,<br />
there was much more<br />
than learning the subjects I studied.<br />
There was learning about me,<br />
and how a dozen turns in that time<br />
had such an impact on what I did afterwards.<br />
I changed many things,<br />
including my major,<br />
grad-school intentions, jobs<br />
and me.<br />
<br />
Remember this,<br />
Look back on the turns you've taken;<br />
wonder about them.<br />
But most important,<br />
create new turns;<br />
it's never too late.<br />
Never.<br />
<br />
You've made a mark in taking on challenges<br />
and things that interested you,<br />
even when it wasn't easy,<br />
and the good grade not ensured.<br />
This will serve you better than a GPA.<br />
Remember this.<br />
<br />
I remember working with you<br />
on the roof of the shed,<br />
taking off the old shingles and plywood,<br />
putting down new ones.<br />
We spent hours up on that shed.<br />
And a strong roof was only one of the results.<br />
<br />
I remember the first computer we worked on.<br />
Building it from the mother board up. <br />
We bought parts on eBay. <br />
It worked, and was quickly replaced. <br />
I think we lived Moore's Law together. And you soon ran<br />
faster and farther.<br />
<br />
I am amazed at how many facts you soak up<br />
and how hard you work at learning.<br />
You are always willing to put in the hours.<br />
<br />
But I am most impressed<br />
and I am most grateful<br />
for the effort you put into staying in touch,<br />
no matter the distance or time zone.<br />
That has told me your care and your kindness.<br />
Remember this.<br />
<br />
Ask yourself often if you are having fun.<br />
When not, change something.<br />
When you are, celebrate.<br />
Have a glass of good wine,<br />
perhaps some pate with a sliced baguette,<br />
<br />
Remember this,<br />
whatever the years may bring you,<br />
your care and kindness will mean more<br />
than most anything else.<br />
It is something that can't be bought,<br />
it can only be given<br />
from the heart.<br />
Remember this;<br />
it may be the greatest fact you’ll know.<br />
<br />
But beyond all memories and hopes,<br />
most of all,<br />
I am proud to call you my son,<br />
please<br />
remember this.<br />
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19 May 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">From the letter to David for his graduation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Occidental College, Eagle Rock, CA</span><br />
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<br />
Sunday Poem<br />
<br />
I had a poem last Sunday<br />
by the edge of its robe--<br />
whether from the line in the story<br />
the priest told to open his homily<br />
or the first line from the hymn I love<br />
whose name is somewhere<br />
in the back of that weighty blue book;<br />
a Barthian or Harry Potter moment<br />
Expectant or ominous--<br />
I only know it was wonderful<br />
and would have been of the riches of the heart<br />
or from the heart,<br />
and it spoke to me,<br />
the pilgrim who in a divine moment<br />
confesses or forgets.<br />
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29 May 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Emmanuel Church, Geneva</span><br />
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<br />
<br />
Writing chair<br />
<br />
I come back to the path<br />
that winds up the hill<br />
to search for the wooden chair<br />
where I sat and wrote<br />
each morning<br />
in a green notebook<br />
while looking south<br />
toward Lecco;<br />
but it has been moved;<br />
I circle up and back<br />
the flimsy rail at my side,<br />
I am the hawk I saw<br />
earlier in my climb,<br />
looking for that tree<br />
where the nest<br />
was anchored<br />
and I took the leap<br />
all before me have done,<br />
and I wrote<br />
and wrote<br />
and wrote.<br />
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6 Jun 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">In Bellagio</span><br />
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<br />
<br />
Mid-day Poem<br />
<br />
At the gold fish pond<br />
in the Jardin de la Paix<br />
an urgent frog breaks the serenity<br />
with a stuttering croak that<br />
is more cicadas than frog;<br />
it is as if the conductor<br />
stood up on a lily pad<br />
and waved her baton<br />
with a giggle...<br />
first one, then another, then ten<br />
were singing with such<br />
ferocious sincerity<br />
the chattering of two women<br />
across the way faded;<br />
the ritual wound down as suddenly<br />
as it started,<br />
the pouches of bravado emptied<br />
and the pond at peace again.<br />
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26 Jun 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">For Margie’s, my Auntie Mame’s, birthday</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
Acupuncture<br />
<br />
If he pins me down<br />
I will sleep;<br />
the questions are few<br />
"work too hard?"<br />
"stress?"<br />
" ça va?<br />
and commands gentile<br />
"place your wrist here"<br />
"stick out your tongue"<br />
"take off your socks"<br />
thirty-four fine needles<br />
to hold the monarch<br />
elevated above the page<br />
and for forty minutes<br />
as the chi stirs<br />
the boiling pot,<br />
<br />
the steam escapes.<br />
<br />
I snore.<br />
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2 Jul 13<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
Nap after Lunch<br />
<br />
He lays arched<br />
as a ballet virtuoso<br />
would reach for a star<br />
in another dimension,<br />
his paw curled on the edge<br />
of the patio where sun meets shade<br />
and birds chatter persistently<br />
announcing that the cat sleeps;<br />
there are pieces<br />
of torn bread the visitor has tossed<br />
from the table, whose cloth flaps<br />
like a tail in the gentle breeze;<br />
and I think that this is the border<br />
between aware and oblivious,<br />
something this sleeping hunter<br />
is teaching me again.<br />
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6 Jul 13<br />
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<br />
<br />
Sonnet undone<br />
<br />
To ache for the poetry<br />
in an ordered life<br />
is to live beyond the forms<br />
of rhyme and meter that mark<br />
the break of lines<br />
and turn of phrase—<br />
to lust for more than metaphor, yet no<br />
less than words that move<br />
across a page, or lips, or hearts<br />
and throw morality and vice<br />
into the same rumpled bed to shout<br />
of righteousness, won in passion<br />
that breaks the sure of heart and mind<br />
and turns cautious<br />
wisdom upside down.<br />
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31 Dec 98<br />
19 Jul 13<br />
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<br />
<br />
Why I believe in second chances<br />
<br />
The bus shakes and rattles,<br />
angling its way up the steps of the side roads,<br />
morning sun slicing this way<br />
then that--<br />
everywhere there are the tall cranes<br />
with their long arms and counter weights<br />
their shadows whipping the bus<br />
with jagged stencils of black and grey<br />
and then they are gone;<br />
stepping off through a wheezing door<br />
the blue sky calls,<br />
and this morning<br />
even the clouds have fled.<br />
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31 Jul 13<br />
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<br />
<br />
A song to sing at evening's edge<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Good night my angel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Now it's time to dream" –Billy Joel</span><br />
<br />
What song would I sing to you my love<br />
across a ocean dark and blue,<br />
what notes would float<br />
on mist at morning's break?<br />
ah,<br />
there is a tune that comes<br />
from deep inside,<br />
it is the humming of my day;<br />
if I would sing at evening's edge<br />
and you could hear me in the wind<br />
I'd sing a song, a lullaby<br />
and you would dream<br />
our dream forever.<br />
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22 May 13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">After the movie, "Marion's Song"</span><br />
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