<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=""><h1 id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16447" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16448" style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16707" class="">Donald Hall</font><font class=""><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16449" class=""></o:p></font></font></span></h1><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16450" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16451" class=""> </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16453" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16454" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16675" class="">I came to you late, quite by accident,<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16455" class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16456" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16457" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16690" class=""> in the car, that Saturday afternoon<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16458" class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16459" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16460" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16689" class=""> after a seemingly endless detour—<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16461" class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16462" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16463" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16688" class=""> decades stretching into decades—<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16464" class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16465" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16466" class=""><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16467" class=""> </o:p></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16468" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16469" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16687" class="">brought me back, in the end,<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16470" class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16471" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16472" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16686" class=""> to myself and to the poetry<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16473" class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16474" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16475" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16685" class=""> that I had so loved <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16476" class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16477" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16478" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16684" class=""> as a young man.</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16477" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529941625340_16477" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Bill Denham</font></div></body></html>