<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><figcaption class="" style="line-height: 1rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><h2 class="" style="line-height: 1.5rem; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Fall Song</span></font></h2></figcaption><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447424611032_3101" style="margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.4375rem; ">It is a dark fall day.<br class="">The earth is slightly damp with rain.<br class="">I hear a jay.<br class="">The cry is blue.<br class="">I have found you in the story again.<br class="">Is there another word for ‘‘divine’’?<br class="">I need a song that will keep sky open in my mind.<br class="">If I think behind me, I might break.<br class="">If I think forward, I lose now.<br class="">Forever will be a day like this<br class="">Strung perfectly on the necklace of days.<br class="">Slightly overcast<br class="">Yellow leaves<br class="">Your jacket hanging in the hallway<br class="">Next to mine.</div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447424611032_3100" style="margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.4375rem; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- Joy Harjo</div></div></body></html>