<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="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="">Valley Fi</span><span class="">re</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16px;"><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><i class="">September 14, 2015</i></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">Sky’s so dry you could light a match</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">by winking at the clouds and </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">borer beetles burrow </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">insatiable selves </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">into the hearts</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">of firs. Meanwhile </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">the big leaf maples </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">burnish our autumn early this year.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">They’re beautiful but</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">they’re more beautiful</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">when they’re wet, </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">says a friend, and </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">my mouth starts to water</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">yes,</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">this time of year,</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">everything’s better</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">when it’s wet.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">And there’s a big hot hole in the land </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">up north and east that makes my </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">own life feel glorious full, and all</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">my dreams feel edgy. So</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">when those first real </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">raindrops fall (if they come </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">before the fire), and after </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">the kids are asleep,</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">I’m gonna </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">have sex </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;">in the rain. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Amy Robinson</div></body></html>