<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=""><div class="_5x46" style="margin-bottom: 11px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: -0.12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="_5va3 clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: -6px;"><div class="_42ef clearfix" style="zoom: 1; overflow: hidden;"><div class="_5va4" style="padding-bottom: 6px;"><div class=""><div class="_6a _5u5j" style="display: inline-block; width: 426px;"><div class="_6a _5u5j _6b" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 426px;"><div class="_5pcp _5lel" style="position: relative;">If You Want To Pray For Houston</div><div class="_5pcp _5lel" style="position: relative;"><div class="_29ee _6a _4f-9 _43_1" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-content="Shared with: Public" role="img" aria-label="Shared with: Public" style="letter-spacing: -0.12px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;" class=""><i class="sp_PdA47Y2Q4jP_2x _1lbg img sx_fec363" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/yW/r/d3DsO0Q1NdR.png"); background-size: 64px 131px; background-repeat: no-repeat; display: block; height: 12px; width: 12px; background-position: 0px -118px; margin-top: -1px;"><br class=""></i></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_1m" style="line-height: 1.38; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: -0.12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;" class="">if you want <br class="">to pray for Houston<br class="">you have to pray<br class="">in her way</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">pray like Beyoncé<br class="">when she was<br class="">at HSPVA<br class="">or Billy and Dusty<br class="">shooting pool<br class="">at Rudyard's</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">pray like you're<br class="">sitting over soup<br class="">at Spanish Flowers<br class="">or pho at Mai's<br class="">steaming your glasses</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">pray like the kids<br class="">playing soccer<br class="">on the east side<br class="">or mutton busting<br class="">at the livestock show</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">pray like the runners<br class="">in Memorial Park<br class="">lacing them up<br class="">or the researchers<br class="">in the medical center<br class="">looking into microscopes</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">if you want<br class="">to pray for Houston<br class="">you have to pray<br class="">as quietly as<br class="">the Rothko Chapel<br class="">or Houston Zen Center</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">and you have to pray<br class="">as loudly as <br class="">the old scoreboard<br class="">at the Astrodome <br class="">after a José Cruz<br class="">home run</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">you have to pray<br class="">sitting under <br class="">a live oak tree<br class="">or standing next to <br class="">an azalea bloom<br class="">while your skin<br class="">clams in the heat</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">if you want to pray<br class="">for Houston<br class="">you have to pray<br class="">without pretense<br class="">this ain't Dallas<br class="">and in a neighborly way<br class="">as friends come out<br class="">to check on each other<br class="">in the rain<br class="">and those <br class="">who are far away<br class="">watch screens <br class="">and wipe our eyes</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">if you want to pray<br class="">for Houston<br class="">raise a bottle of Shiner<br class="">to the gray sky <br class="">and say that 130 mile an hour winds<br class="">and 9 trillion gallons of rain<br class="">are no match<br class="">for a city of such life<br class="">and diversity</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px;" class="">you can fill up our bayou<br class="">but you will never rain<br class="">on our parade</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; display: inline;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Jeremy Rutledge</p></div></body></html>