
<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="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">Waking in Fire Season</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">Remember when you awaken to be still.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">Whatever dream you have been wearing</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">in the dark body of sleep</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">still lies near, a deep fold</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">of pleasure, a sleeve of old trouble,</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">a name on a grave. Leave the dream-clothes</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">under your skin that now you wash</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and lotion and paint. Dress slowly for the day</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">just dawning in the smoky east. Remember</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">from time to time to touch the prayer fringe</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">of dream-fragments as you walk</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">down the path under the falling sycamore leaves.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">Remember the sound they make</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">rattling all night in the wind.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre;"> </span><font color="#050505" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">- Terry Ehret</span></font></div></div></div></body></html>