<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 style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">For The Children</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The rising hills, the slopes</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">of statistics</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">lie before us.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">the steep climb</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">of everything, going up</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">up, as we all</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">go down.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">In the next century</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">or the one beyond that,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">they say,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">are valleys, pastures,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">we can meet there in peace</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">if we make it.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">To climb these coming crests</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">one word to you, to</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">you and your children:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">stay together</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">learn the flowers</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">go light</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Gary Snyder</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></body></html>