<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">three pears in paris </font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">(paring it down)</font></font></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><i class="">the poetry lesson</i></font></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">she wrote a poem about three pears</font></font></p><p class=""><font class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><i class="">and a tangerine </i></font><font color="#1a1a1a" class="">in paris</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class="">“<font class="">it could be pared down”</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">they suggested</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">then it came down to</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">two pears in paris</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class=""><i class="">without the tangerine</i></font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class="">“<font class="">maybe pare it down </font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">a bit more”</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">they said</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">(yes, of course she thought)</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">and then the poem</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">came down </font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">to just</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">one</font></font></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">pear.</font></font></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">here is the new pared down poem about the pear.</font></font></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font class="">pear</font></font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Patricia LeBon Herb</div><div class=""><font color="#1a1a1a" class=""><font face="ArialMT, sans-serif" class=""><font style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></font></font></font></div></body></html>