<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=""><h4 style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">Barking</span></h4><p style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">The moon comes up. <br class="">The moon goes down. <br class="">This is to inform you <br class="">that I didn't die young. <br class="">Age swept past me<br class="">but I caught up. <br class="">Spring has begun here and each day<br class="">brings new birds up from Mexico. <br class="">Yesterday I got a call from the outside<br class="">world but I said no in thunder. <br class="">I was a dog on a short chain <br class="">and now there’s no chain.</p><p style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Jim Harrison</p></body></html>