<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear Ms. Oliver</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">I plan to squander the rest </div><div class="">of my wild and precious life</div><div class="">among the idle</div><div class="">who appreciate simple things:</div><div class="">hot showers</div><div class="">sudden smiles</div><div class="">real strawberry ice cream</div><div class="">deluge and drought</div><div class="">broken bay laurel leaves</div><div class="">cool sheets </div><div class="">dark nights. </div><div class=""> </div><div class="">And before I leave, please </div><div class="">give me another noisy river</div><div class="">a bent tree</div><div class="">a sparrow’s flash</div><div class="">and an overflight of clouds</div><div class="">before the moon.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Give me a few clear images</div><div class="">to save for a rainy day</div><div class="">or the last long night’s dream.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Karl Frederick</div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><i style="font-size: 14px;" class="">“What do you plan to do </i></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">with your one wild and precious life?</i>” </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The Summer Day – Mary Oliver</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></div></div></body></html>