<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When The Caravan Leaves </span><div dir="auto" 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 align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the caravan leaves,</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all that remains are the story</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and some leftover poems.</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We sit around the lavish breakfast table</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and tell the story, intone the orphan poems,</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">feast, laugh, and bask in the memories.</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tent is packed up and stowed away,</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the instruments are in their cases,</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the lavish garments folded and stored,</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but the afterglow of good company and good words</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lingers, as everyone departs for home</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or the next oasis.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Maya Spector</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>