<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="">One Vote</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> <i style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> After reading a letter from his mother, Harry T. Burn cast the deciding vote to ratify the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My parents are from countries</div><div class="">where mangoes grow wild and bold</div><div class="">and eagles cry the sky in arcs and dips.</div><div class="">America loved this bird too and made</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">it clutch olives and arrows. Some think</div><div class="">if an eaglet falls, the mother will swoop</div><div class="">down to catch it. It won’t. The eagle must fly</div><div class="">on its own accord by first testing the air-slide</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">over each pinfeather. Even in a letter of wind,</div><div class="">a mother holds so much power. After the pipping</div><div class="">of the egg, after the branching—an eagle is on</div><div class="">its own. Must make the choice on its own</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">no matter what its been taught. Some forget</div><div class="">that pound for pound, eagle feathers are stronger</div><div class="">than an airplane wing. And even one letter, one</div><div class="">vote can make the difference for every bright thing.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Aimee Nezhukumatathil</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>