<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Per Diem</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px; "> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Spherically wondrous sunbeam</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">dwelling in the mansion</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">of the pine of chastity,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">today we bought an ice pack</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">For Mildred’s injured foot.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Luminous shadow</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">in the plumflower chamber,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Edna quit her job yesterday,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">got drunk, stayed drunk,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">behaved like a defective monster</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">collapsing in the mansion</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">of self-pity. Meanwhile,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">the great sea of compassion</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">rolled in rolled out, rolled in.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">And the blue mountain</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">of itself remains,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">and the blind shampooers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">never tire of their work.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- James Tate</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div></div></body></html>