<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2418" class=""><h2 class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2420"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Bedtime</span></font></h2></div><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2426" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2462" class="" dir="ltr">We are a meadow where the bees hum,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2428">mind and body are almost one<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2430"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2432">as the fire snaps in the stove<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2434">and our eyes close,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2436"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2438">and mouth to mouth, the covers<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2440">pulled over our shoulders,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2442"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2444">we drowse as horses drowse afield,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2446">in accord; though the fall cold<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2448"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2450">surrounds our warm bed, and though<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2452">by day we are singular and often lonely.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2462" class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448910536798_2462" class="" dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- Denise Levertov</div></body></html>