<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; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Kentucky River Junction</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">to Ken Kesey & Ken Babbs</i></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Clumsy at first, fitting together</div><div class="">the years we have been apart,</div><div class="">and the ways.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But as the night</div><div class="">passed and the day came, the first</div><div class="">fine morning of April,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">it came clear:</div><div class="">the world that has tried us</div><div class="">and showed us its joy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">was our bond</div><div class="">when we said nothing.</div><div class="">And we allowed it to be</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">with us, the new green</div><div class="">shining.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> *</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our lives, half gone,</div><div class="">stay full of laughter.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Free-hearted men</div><div class="">have the world for words.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Though we have been</div><div class="">apart, we have been together.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> *</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Trying to sleep, I cannot</div><div class="">take my mind away.</div><div class="">The bright day</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">shines in my head</div><div class="">like a coin</div><div class="">on the bed of a stream.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> *</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You left</div><div class="">you're welcome.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Wendell Berry </div><div class=""> </div></div></body></html>