<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 style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Balancing on the Brink </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">the early birdsong</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">the heavy gray </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">that forcasts warm but </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">welcome heat today</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">the smell of sprinkling</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">in the garden, wet</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">tomatoes, hanging plump </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">but not quite ready yet</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">delicious coffee</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">dark, a second cup </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">lazy reading till </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I must get up</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">every broadcast </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">every news they tell</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">forecasts our doom</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">we're on our way to hell</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">it seems impossible </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">to fix the troubles so</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">we will survive </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">the damage that we grow</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">and yet, the early birdsong</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">in spite of every rift</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">they keep on singing</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">and I'm thankful for the gift </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Hilary Susan Moore</div></div></body></html>