<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></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; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">How It Happens </span></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">The sky said I am watching</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">to see what you</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">can make out of nothing</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">I was looking up and I said</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">I thought you</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">were supposed to be doing that</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">the sky said Many</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">are clinging to that</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">I am giving you a chance</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">I was looking up and I said</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">I am the only chance I have</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">then the sky did not answer</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">and here we are</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">with our names for the days</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class="">the vast days that do not listen to us</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(50, 51, 51);" class=""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- W.S. Merwin</p><div class="">
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