<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">Janus<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><o:p><font color="#000000"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">this scatter-trove of planets has plie-ed its practiced way<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">around our fire-star<span> </span>one more time:<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">winter<span> </span><span> </span>to spring<span> </span>to summer<span> </span>to fall<span> </span>to winter again<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><o:p><font color="#000000"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">this throbbing globe has spun around<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">upon itself<span> </span>one more time:<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">dawn <span></span><span> </span>to day<span> </span>to dusk<span> </span>to dark<span> </span>to dawn again<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><o:p><font color="#000000"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">turn the page<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">from 31<sup>st</sup> to first<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><o:p><font color="#000000"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">take down the old<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">tack up the new<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">what will I hang on my wall this year<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000"><span> </span>to harbor hopes, remember memories?:<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000"><span> </span>calligraphies of ancient wisdom?<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>labial O’Keefe posies?<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000"><span> </span>impossibility of hummingbirds?<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000"><span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">beyond the falling ball of crystal<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">I sense the whirling dance of asteroids and planets<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">swirling symphony of stars<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">waltzing me toward eternity<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><o:p><font color="#000000"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><o:p><font color="#000000">turn the page<span> </span>from 31<sup>st</sup> to first<o:p></o:p></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">take down the old<span> </span>tack up the new<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">listen for the music<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">whirl with the dance inward<span> </span>outward</font></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font color="#000000">as I balance en pointe<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font color="#000000">on this narrow beam of time<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font color="#000000">Janus looking backward/forward<o:p></o:p></font></div><o:p></o:p></font></span><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">until<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">that which endures<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><font color="#000000">is finally told<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "><o:p><font color="#000000"> </font></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); "> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- Vilma Ginzberg<font color="#010101" face="Tahoma"></font></p></body></html>