<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="gmail-xdj266r gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Election Day Fantasia</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Today I am pretending</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">That the news comes</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">By sail from far away</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">That <span class="gmail-html-span gmail-xdj266r gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-xexx8yu gmail-x4uap5 gmail-x18d9i69 gmail-xkhd6sd gmail-x1hl2dhg gmail-x16tdsg8 gmail-x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0px; text-align: inherit; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit;"><a tabindex="-1" class="gmail-html-a gmail-xdj266r gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-xexx8yu gmail-x4uap5 gmail-x18d9i69 gmail-xkhd6sd gmail-x1hl2dhg gmail-x16tdsg8 gmail-x1vvkbs" style="color: rgb(56, 88, 152); margin: 0px; text-align: inherit; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit;"></a></span>first the masts are sighted</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Then the slow approach</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The docking</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Bolts of cloth carried, casks of honey rolled,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And journey-jangled horses led</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Blind-folded down onto the welcoming</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Solid ground and grass</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Only then do we remember to ask of</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The sailors: Who won the battle?</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Whether the Whites held, </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">or if the Black ships</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Conquered them.</div></div><div class="gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Today I choose to pretend</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">That the news comes from far away</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Because I, like the horses</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Fear accepting the new</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Not knowing if the new will be welcoming</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Solid and green</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Or only more of the same</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Jangling journey.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Bob Engel</div></div></div></body></html>